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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2555

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2555
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Publication Status unpublished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 100 and 101
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation complete

Text Basic Information

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 praktor Hermogenes
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 7
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for poll tax ( laographia) and trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt of practor Hermogenes for laographia and cheironaxion of year 4 of Trajan, paid by Psais, son of Petorzmethis
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1διέγραψεν Ψάεις Πετροσζμήθεως
2ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας τετάρτου (ἔτους) Τραειανοῦ
3Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ἀργυρίου (δραχμὰς) ιζ.
4ὡ αὐτὸς Ψάεις καὶ ὑπὲρ χειρωναξίου τοῦ αὐτοῦ
5τετάρτου (ἔτους) Τραειανοῦ Καίσαρος
6τοῦ κυρίου ἀργυρίου (δραχμὰς) κ (διώβολον). Ἑρμογένης
7Ἀμμωνᾶτος πράκτωρ ἔγραψα.
convex
1Thus has paid Psais, son of Petorzmethis,
2for poll tax of the fourth year of Trajan
3Caesar the lord, silver dr. 17.
4the same Psais also for trade tax of the same
5fourth year of Trajan Caesar
6the lord, silver drachmas 20 and 2 ob. Hermogenes,
7son of Ammonas, collector, I have written.
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4443 man Hermogenes (Ammonatos) praktor Ἑρμογένης Αμμωνατος πρακτωρ Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Trajan 04 100 CE 101 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315926
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 315926 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2555), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).