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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2547

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2547
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Publication Status unpublished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 166 and
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 hand of assistant Ammonios
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for contribution (merimos)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of Longinus Serenus and Petronius Bassianus, collector for money taxes at Elephantine, for the contribution of year 6, paid by Meneus, son of Petepoueris. with signature of Petronius Bassianus
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1 Λονγῖνος Σερῆνος καὶ Πετρώ̣νιος Βασιανὸς
2πράκτορες ἀργυρικῶν Ἐλεφαντίνης. διέγραψεν Μενευς Πε-
3τεπουήρεως ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ϛ (ἔτους) ἐπὶ λ(όγου)? δραχ(μὰς)
4τέσσαρες, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) δ. Παχὼν κ̅ζ̅.
5 σεσημίομαι. 1l. σεσημείωμαι

1 l. σεσημείωμαι
1Longinus Serenus and Petronius Bassianus,
2collectors of money taxes at Elephantine. Thus has paid Meneus, son of
3Petepoueris, for the contribution of year 6, on account, drachmas
4four, = 4 dr. Pachon 27.
5I have signed.
DAIK_2547_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
DAIK_2547innen_S2_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4462 man Longinus Serenus Σερῆνος Latin

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Marcus Aurelius + Verus 06 Pachons 27 166 May 22 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_2547_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
DAIK_2547innen_S2_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315920
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 315920 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2547), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).