Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 0867

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 0867
Publication Number	ined.
Current Location	magazine Assuan
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Publication Status	unpublished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)	broken at top, left and bottom
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of Leon
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Quantity of Lines	x+9+y
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion) and poll tax (laographia)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Leon scribe
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion) and poll tax of year 14 of Trajan, issued by the scribe Leon paid in year 15 of Trajan.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man

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x	– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
x+1	μητ(ρὸς) -?- ωφιος χει-
x+2	ρω(ναξίου) λινου(φῶν) -?- ιδ (ἔτους) ἀργυρίο̣υ̣
x+3	δραχ(μὰς) ---, (γίνονται) (δραχμὰς) --- δι(ὰ) Λέοντος γραμμ̣α̣τ̣έως.
x+4	(ἔτους) ιε Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Μεσορὴ κ̅θ̅.
x+5	-?- λαογραφίας Ἐλεφαντίνης ιδ (ἔτους) ἀργυρίου
x+6	δραχ(μὰς) ὀκτώι, (γίνονται) (δραχμὰς) η, μερισμοῦ
x+7	-?- ιδ (ἔτους) δραχ(μὰς)
x+8	-?- δι(ὰ) Λέοντος
x+9	γραμμ(ατέως)
y	– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

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x	– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
x+1	and the moterh --- ophis, for trade
x+2	tax of linen weavers --- of year 14 silver
x+3	drachmas ---, = ? dr., through the scribe Leon.
x+4	In year 15 of Trajan Caesar the lord, Mesore 29.
x+5	--- for poll tax of Elephantine of year 14 silver
x+6	drachmas eight, = 8 dr., for the contribution
x+7	--- of year 14 drachmas
x+8	---, through Leon,
x+9	scribe.
y	– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

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12955	man	Leon scribe	Leon scribe	Greek, Ancient

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	15	Mesore	29	111 August 22 CE	date in text;

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	315855
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 315855 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 0867), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).