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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3376

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3376
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Publication Status unpublished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 76 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at right and bottom

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 right and bottom
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting hand of Melanthis
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5+y
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for poll tax ( laographia)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt for laographia of year 8 of Vespasian, paid by Pateuris, son of Pachnoubis, with signature of praktor Melanthis.
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 Πάτευρις Παχν̣ούβιος
2ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας ὠγδώου 1l. ὀγδόου ἔτους
3Οὐεσπασειανοῦ τοῦ κυ[ρίου]
4Παχὼν λ̅ ἀργυρίου δραχ(μὰς)
5δ̣ε̣κ̣α̣ἔ̣ξ̣, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ι̣ϛ̣. Μ̣ε̣λάνθις
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

1 l. ὀγδόου
convex
1Thus has paid Peteuris, son of Pachnoubis,
2for poll tax of the eighth year
3of Vespasian the lord,
4Pachon 30, silver drachmas
5sixteen, = 16 dr. Melanthis
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

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

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Vespasian 08 Pachons 30 76 May 25 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O3376_S1_001
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DAIK_O3376_D-DAI-KAI-C
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DAIK_3376innen_S2_001
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DAIK_3376_S1_002
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Literature

 

DatasetID 315969
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 315969 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3376), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).