Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2549

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2549
Publication Number	ined.
Current Location	magazine Assuan
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication assigned
Publication Status	unpublished

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]

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	scribe Petorzmethis
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	Receipt for contribution (merimos)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Petorzmethis boethos
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of Valerios Serenos and Palachemis, the two praktores argyrikon of Elephantine, through Petorzmethis, assistant, for the contribution of year 2, paid by Harpaesis, son of Panapotis and Senpapremithes
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	mother in filiation
Religion	unknown

Transcription

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1	Οὐαλέριος Σερῆνος καὶ Παλά-
2	χημις̣ οἱ β̅ πράκτορες ἀργυρικῶν Ἐλεφαντίνης διὰ
3	Πετορζμήθεως βοηθοῦ. διέγραψεν Ἁρπάησις
4	Παναπώτιος μητρὸς Σενπαπρε̣μ̣ίθου
5	ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ β (ἔτους) (δραχμὰς) ε̣ (διώβολον) (ἡμιωβέλιον). (ἔτους) γ
6	Ἀντωνίνου καὶ Οὐήρου Καισάρων
7	τῶν κυρίων Θὼθ ιε̅.

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1	Valerius Serenus and Pala-
2	chemis, the 2 collectors of money taxes at Elephantine, through
3	the assistant Petorzmethis. Thus has paid Harpaesis,
4	son of Panapotis and the mother Senpetorzmethis,
5	for the contribution of year 2, 5 dr. 2,5 ob. In year 3
6	of Antoninus and Verus Caesares
7	the lords, Thoth 15.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
25345	man	Harpaesis, son of Panapotis and Senpapremithes	Ἁρπαῆσις Παναπῶτεως Σενπαπρεμείθου	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Marcus Aurelius + Verus	03	Thoth	15	162 September 12 CE	date in text;

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DatasetID	315922
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 315922 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2549), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).