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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2377

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2377
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Publication Status unpublished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 128 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at left

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 left
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting scribe: Sarapion, son of Sibylleus?
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 4
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for contribution for a statue of the emperor (merismos andriantos)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of praktor Kalasiris for the merismos for a statue of the emperor, written by Sarapion, son of Sibylleus, in year 13 of Hadrian, paid by Soter, son of Petorzmethis
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Καλασῖρις πράκτωρ. διέγραψεν Σωτὴρ Πετορζμήθεως
2ὑπ(ὲρ) με̣ρισμοῦ ἀνδριάντος δραχμὰς δύω,
3(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) β. (ἔτους) ιγ Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου, Φαώφι ς̅.
4Σαρα̣πίων Σιβυλλέως βοηθός.
convex
1Kalasiris, tax collector. Thus has paid Soter, son of Petorzmethis,
2for the contribution for a statue two drachmas,
3= 2 dr. Year 13 of Hadrian the lord, Phaophi 6.
4Sarapion, son of Sibylleus, assistant.
DAIK_O2377_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
12470 man Kalasiris praktor Kalasiris praktor Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Hadrian 13 Phaophi 06 128 October 3 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O2377_S1_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315885
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 315885 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2377), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer .