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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2767

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2767
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Publication Status unpublished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 160 and
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
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 10+y
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion) and poll tax (laographia)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of Ulpius Cerealis, tax farmer of the Sacred Gate of Syene, through the assistant Plenis, for poll tax of year 23 of Antoninus Pius, paid by Harpaesis --- of the mother ---ille, and for trade tax of the same year, written by Pachompsachis
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender mother in filiation
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Οὔλπιος Κερεᾶλις μισθ(ωτὴς) ἱερᾶς πύλης Σοήνης
2διὰ Πλή(νιος) βοηθ(οῦ). διέγρ(αψεν) Ἁρπάησις
3 -?- μητ(ρὸς) -?- ρίλλης ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας
4κγ (ἔτους) δραχ(μὰς) ὀ̣κτώ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η. (ἔτους) κγ
5Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
6Φαμενὼθ ιζ̅.
7 Παῦνι η̅. διέγραψεν
8Ἁρπάησ̣ι̣ς ὑπὲρ χειρωναξίου
9κγ (ἔτους) δραχμὰς ὀκ-
10τώ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η. -?- α̣
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
convex
1Ulpius Cerealis, tax farmer of the Sacred Gate of Syene,
2through the assistant Plenis. Thus has paid Harpaesis,
3son of --- and the mother ---illa, for poll tax
4of year 23 drachmas eight, = 8 dr. In year 23
5of Antoninus Caesar the lord,
6Phamenoth 17.
7(h. 2) Payni 8. Thus has paid
8Harpaesis for trade tax
9of year 23 drachmas eight,
10= 8 dr. ---
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
DAIK_2767innen_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
13265 man Harpaesis (Marc Aurel) Αρπαησις pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Antoninus Pius 23 Phamenoth 17 160 March 13 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_2767innen_S1_001
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DAIK_2767-1_S1_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315946
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 315946 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 2767), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).