Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 1690
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 1690 |
| Publication Number |
ined. |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
| Publication Status |
unpublished |
Origin / Provenance
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating |
between -238 and |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
broken at lower right corner, surface abraded |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
broken at lower right corner, surface abraded |
| Script, Primary |
Demotic |
| Script, additional A |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Demotic |
| Language, additional A |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand unknown
Greek
Demotic |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
9 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipts for cloth (linen) tax |
| Ancient Archives |
(Uncertain) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Bank receipt of the banker Diognetos* for the account of the oikonomos of year 9 for the cloth , paid by Pelaias, so of Esyris, signed by Antinous, with countersignature of a demotic scribe.
Second receipt in Demotic: Psentotoes is confirmed by Peteyris, son of Harnouphis, of having paid the linen tax for the 9th regnal year in an amount of 6 kite. |
| Location of Composition |
Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
fehlt genaues datum: demotisch? |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | ἔτους θ? (month). ἐ̣π̣ὶ̣ τὴν ἐν Συήνῃ τράπεζαν
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2 | | ἐφ' ης Διόγνητος
βασιλεῖ οἰκονομείας τοῦ |
3 | | θ (ἔτους) όθονιηρᾶς Ἐλεφαντίνης Πελαίας |
4 | | Ἐσυριος ἃς̣ Ψεντοτοῆς
χαλκοῦ πρὸς ἀρ-|
5 | | γ̣ύριον δραχμὰς δεκαδύο μόνον ̣ . |
6 | | δι' Ἀντινοῦ.
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1 | | (Year 9?, month?). (Thus has paid) to the bank at Syene|
2 | | of which Diognetos is in charge, to the king, for the accounting of the|
3 | | 9th year for cloth tax of Elephantine, Pelaias, |
4 | | son of Esyris, which (drachmas) Psentotoes (is owing), copper in silver|
5 | | standard twelve drachmas, only/netto?. -?|
6 | | Through Antinous.
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6b | | Issued by Peteyris, son of Harnouphis.
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7 | | The tax of the {wheat} <linen> of Elephantine for the 9th regnal year: |
8 | | Psentotoes: 6 silver kite. Issued by Pe[teyris, son of Harnouphis]. |
9 | | 8th regnal year, 20th of Mesore .
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| DAI 1690-1_S1_001 |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 25540 |
man |
Diognetos, banker |
Διόγνητος |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios III Euergetes |
09 |
Mesore |
20 |
-238 October 2 BCE |
Internal dating, without name of the ruler.; |
Pictures
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| DAI 1690-1_S1_001 |
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| DAI 1690-2ir_S1_001 |
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
315803 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 315803 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 1690), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic). |
