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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2551

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2551
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Publication Status unpublished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 163 and 164
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at left

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 left
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting hand of assistant Petorzmethis
  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 Valerios Serenos and Palachemis, the two praktores argyrikon of Elephantine, through Petorzmethis, assistant, for the contribution of year 4? of Marc Aurel and Verus.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Οὐαλέριος Σερῆνος καὶ Παλαχῆμ̣ις̣ οἱ β̅ πράκτορες
2ἀργ(υρικῶν) Ἐλεφαντ(ίνης) διὰ Πετορζ(μήθου) βοηθ(οῦ). δι̣έ̣γ̣ραψεν ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣Ἀμμων̣ί̣ο̣υ
3 -?- μητ(ρὸς) ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ς ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ
4 -?. ? (ἔτους) (δρ.) .. . (ἔτους) δ Ἀ̣ν̣τ̣ω̣ν̣ί̣ν̣ο̣υ̣ καὶ Οὐήρου Καισάρων
5τῶν κυρίων -?- ̣ ̣
convex
1Valerius Serenus and Palachemis, the 2 collectors
2of money taxes at Elephantine, through the assistant Petorzmethis. Thus has paid --- son of Ammonios,
3---? and the mother? --- for the contribution
4 --- In year 4 of Antoninus und Verus Caesares
5the lords ---
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4242 man Palachemis praktor Παλαχῆμις Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Marcus Aurelius + Verus 04 163 CE 164 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_2551_S1_001
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DAIK_2551ir-1_S1_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315924
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 315924 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2551), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata) .