Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 2731

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Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 2731
Publication Number	ined
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication assigned
Publication Status	unpublished

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty: high
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
Script, Primary	Greek
Script, additional A	Demotic
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Language, additional A	Demotic
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	10
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	receipt for tax on fruit trees (akrodrya)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Ammonios (Trapezit)
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Bank receipt of the banker Ammonios, for the tax on palm trees (akrodrya), paid by Paes, son of Harpaesis, for land(?) formerly belonging to Didyme, daughter of Hermodotos. with signature of Ammonios the banker. At the beginning Demotic line with date, tax type and amount of money.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok Spuren in Z. 10 unklar
Multilingualism	Bilingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	woman as owner of land (formerly, palm trees)
Religion	unknown

Transcription

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1	¹Transcription and translation of the Greek by Ruth Duttenhöfer, of the Demotic by Jan Moje.ḥsb.t 16 ḥḏ tky ḥḏ (dbn) 37 ḥḏ qd 5

¹ Transcription and translation of the Greek by Ruth Duttenhöfer, of the Demotic by Jan Moje.

convex

2	ἔτους ις Ἁθύρ. τέτακται
3	ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν Συήνῃ τράπεζαν ἐφ' ἧς
4	Ἀμμώνιος εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ (ἔτος) ἀκροδρύων
5	Παῆς Ἁρπαήσεως τῆς πρότερον
6	Διδύμης τὴς Ἑρμοδότου
7	χαλκοῦ οὗ ἀλλαγὴ ἑξακοσίας κε, γίνονται
8	χκε. Ἀμμώνιος τραπεζίτης.
9	_____
10	ψν (Spuren ausgewischt?, demotisch?)

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1	16th regnal year: The fruit tax (of) 37 silver (deben) and 5 silver kite.
2	Year 16, Hathyr. Thus has paid
3	to the bank in Syene of which
4	Ammonios is in charge, for the same year for the tax on palm trees
5	Paes, son of Harpaesis, for the land formerly
6	belonging to Didyme, daughter of Hermodotos,
7	copper plus agio six hundred 25, =
8	625. Ammonios, banker.
9	____
10	750. Spuren?

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Συήνῃ (places.xml#8)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4005	man	Ammonios (Trapezit)	Ἀμμώνιος = Ἀμώνιος	Greek, Ancient

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios X Alexander I + Cleopatra III	16	Hathyr		-99 November 16 BCE -99 December 15 BCE	date in text;

DAI 2731-1_S1_001

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	315839
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 315839 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 2731), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic).