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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2381

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2381
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Publication Status unpublished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 124 and
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at top and right

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 and right
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand of Sarapion 1
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+7
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content REceipt for trade tax (cheironaxion) of year 9? of Hadrian, issued by the assistant Sarapion
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
x– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
x+1μητρὸς ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ -?- ὑπ(ὲρ) χειρω(ναξίου)
x+2τοῦ ὀγδόου ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ
x+3Κ̣α̣ί̣σ̣α̣ρ̣ος̣ τοῦ κυρίου δραχ(μὰς) δέκα
x+4δύο, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ. (ἔτους) θ Ἁδριανοῦ
x+5τοῦ κυρίου -?-
x+6Ἁθὺρ ̣ἄλλας δραχ(μὰς) ὀκτὼι
x+7ὀβολοὺς [δύο, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) κ (διώβολον).]
convex
x– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
x+1and the mother --- for trade tax
x+2of the eighth year Hadrian
x+3Caesar the lord, drachmas twelve
x+4= 12 dr. In year 9 of Hadrian
x+5the lord ---.
x+6On Hathyr --- further drachmas eight
x+7obols two, = 20 dr. 2 ob.
DAIK_O2381_S1_001
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Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Hadrian 09 Hathyr 124 October 28 CE 124 November 26 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O2381_S1_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315887
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 315887 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2381), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer .