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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2502

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2502
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Publication Status unpublished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 159 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at top

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
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand of Serenos
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+4
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for survey tax on palm groves (γεωμετρίας φοινικῶνος)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt for the survey tax on palm groves for the harvest of year 22 of Antoninus, written by Serenos in year 23
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
x– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
x+1ψε̣ν ̣ ̣ ̣ -?- ὑπ(ὲρ) γεωμ(ετρίας)
x+2φοινεικωνος̣ [γενή(ματος) κβ (ἔτους) δραχ(μὰς) -?-
x+3(ἔτους) κγ Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος του κυρίου
x+4Ἁθὺρ ι̅α̅
convex
x– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
x+1psen--- for the survey tax
x+2of palm groves of the harvest of year 22 drachmas
x+3In year 23 of Antoninus Caesar the lord,
x+4Hathyr 11.
DAIK_O2502_D-DAI-KAI-C
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Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
159 November 8 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O2502_D-DAI-KAI-C
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315903
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 315903 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2502), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).