Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4332 + 4603

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4332 + 4603
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Publication Status	unpublished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
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Excavation team Elephantine, German Archaeological Institute Cairo and Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
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)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	joined of two fragments, upper right corner still missing, text complete
Script, Primary	Greek
Script, additional A	Demotic
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Language, additional A	Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of Pachompaimouthes?
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	Receipt for contribution (merimos)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Pachnoumis, son of Imouthes, son of Psenchnoumis [Pachomp(aimouthes) praktor und scribe]
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of Dionysios, Ammonios and Pachomp(aimouthes) praktores argyrikon of Syene through Pachomp(aimouthes) for contribution. Demotic subscription with the name of Pachnoumis, son of Imouthes, son of Psenchnoumis.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual)	Demotic subscription with the name of Pachnoumis, son of Imouthes, son of Psenchnoumis.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Bilingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	mother in filiation
Religion	unknown

Transcription

Translation

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1	Διον̣ύσιος κα̣ὶ Ἀμμώνιος καὶ Παχομπαι̣μούθης π̣ράκτορες
2	ἀργυρικῶν Σ̣ο̣ή̣νης. δ̣ι̣έ̣γ̣ραψεν Ζμετπῶς Ἁρπα-
3	ήσιος μ̣η̣τ̣ρὸς Σεντιθοήους μερισμὸν ιη (ἔτους)
4	δραχμὰς δύ̣ο̣ ὀβολόν. (ἔτους) ιη Τραιανοῦ Ἀρίστου
5	τοῦ κυρίου Μ̣εχεὶρ ι̅ς̅.

convex

6	Pa-H̱nm sꜣ I͗y-m-ḥtp sꜣ Pꜣ-šr-H̱nm

convex

1	Dionysios and Ammonios and Pachompaimouthes, collectors
2	of money taxes at Syene. Thus has paid Zmenpos, son of Harpa-
3	esis and the mother Sentithoes, the contribution of year 18,
4	two drachmas one obol. Year 18 of Traianus Optimus
5	the lord, Mechir 16.
6	Pachnoumis, son of Imouthes, son of Psenchnoumis.

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Places (read out from edition)

Σ̣ο̣ή̣νης (places.xml#8)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
12435	man	Ammonios praktor (Syene)	Ammonios praktor	Greek, Ancient

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	18	Mecheir	16	115 February 10 CE	date in text;

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	315849
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 315849 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4332 + 4603), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic).