Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3130

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3130
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Publication Status	unpublished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	hand of Sokrates praktor, and signature of Melanthis
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax ( laographia)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Melanthis (son of Hermodotos) praktor Sokrates praktor
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of praktor Sokrates for poll tax of year 1 of Titus, paid by Peteuris, son of Pachnoubis. with additional signature of Melanthis
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Transcription

Translation

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1	διέγραψεν Πετεῦρις Παχνούβεως
2	ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας πρώτου (ἔτους)
3	ο Τίτου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
4	Μεσορὴ λ̅ ἀργυρίου (δραχμὰς) δεκαέξ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιϛ.
5	Σωκράτης ἔγραψα.
6	Μελάνθις ἐπεκλούθηκα. ¹l. ἐπηκολούθηκα

¹ l. ἐπηκολούθηκα

convex

1	Thus has paid Peteuris, son of Pachnoubis,
2	for poll tax of the first year
3	of Titus Caesar the lord,
4	Mesore 30, silver drachmas sixteen, = 16 dr.
5	Sokrates, I have written.
6	(hand 2) Melanthis, I have checked.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
13140	man	Melanthis (son of Hermodotos) praktor	Μελανθις	Greek, Ancient

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Titus	01	Mesore	30	79 August 23 CE	date in text;

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	315958
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 315958 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3130), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).