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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2494

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2494
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Publication Status unpublished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 88 and 89
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at 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 right
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting Sokrates praktor
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 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 of praktor Sokrates for cheironaxion of year 8 of Domitian, paid by NN, son of Pateuris.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1διέγραψ(εν) -?- Πα-
2τ̣εύρεως ὑ̣πὲρ χι(ρωναξίου) ---
3(ἔτους) Δομιτιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου
4ἀργ(υρίου) (δραχμὰς) κ (διώβολον). Σωκράτη(ς) ἔγρ(αψα)
5 ὁμοίως ὁ αὐτὸς? -?-
6ὑ̣πὲρ χιρωναξίου ὀ̣γδώου (ἔτους) Δομιτιανοῦ
7[το]ῦ̣ κ̣υρίου -?-
8– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
convex
1Thus has paid ---(Peteuris?), son of Pe-
2teuris, for trade tax of year ?
3of Domitian the lord,
4silver dr. 20 ob. 2. Sokrates, I have written.
5Ditto, ---
6for trade tax of the eighth year of Domitian
7the lord ---
8– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
DAIK_2494_S1_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4260 man Peteuris, son of Peteuris, linopoles Πετεῦρις pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Domitian 08 88 CE 89 CE date incertain.;

 

Pictures

DAIK_2494_S1_001
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DAIK_2494innen_S2_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315895
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 315895 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2494), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).