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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1778

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1778
Publication Number ined.
Current Location magazine Assuan
Publication Permission Status permission for publication assigned
Publication Status unpublished

Origin / Provenance

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]

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating between 111 and 114
Criteria for Dating palaeography
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at top, left and bottom

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 top, left and bottom
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting hand of Lucius Aurelius epiteretes
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+6+y
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for poll tax ( laographia)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt for poll tax of year 15 or 16 of Trajan, paid in installments of 8 and 9 Drachae. Signature of Lucius Aurelius epiteretes.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
x– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
x+1διέγραψ(εν) -?- ̣ ̣ -?-
x+2ὑπ(ὲρ) λαογραφίας̣ τοῦ ιε / ιϛ? (ἔτους)
x+3Τραιανοῦ τοῦ κυ̣ρίου ἐπὶ λόγου δραχ(μὰς)
x+4ὀκτώ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η. (ἔτους) ι ̣Τρ̣αιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου
x+5Monat, Tag. δι(ὰ) Λουκίου Αὐρηλίου ἐ̣π̣ιτηρητοῦ.
x+6Monat, Tag τὰς λοιπ(ὰς) δραχ(μὰς) ἐνν̣έα, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) θ.
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
convex
x– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
x+1Thus has paid ---
x+2for poll tax of year 15/16?
x+3of Trajan the lord, on account, drachmas
x+4eight, = 8 dr. Year 10 of Trajan the lord,
x+5(month, day). Through Lucius Aurelius, supervisor.
x+6(month, day) the remaining nine drachmas, = 9 dr.
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
DAIK_1778_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
DAIK_1778innen_S2_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4325 man Lucius Aurelius epiteretes Παχνοῦβις Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Trajan 111 CE 114 CE palaeographical dating, hand of Lucius Aurelius (year 15-17 of Trajan);

 

Pictures

DAIK_1778_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
DAIK_1778innen_S2_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315857
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 315857 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 1778), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).