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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4042

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4042
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Publication Status	unpublished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 127 and 128
Criteria for Dating	date according to scribe's time of activity
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at left and right

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 and right
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Longinus Crispus epiteretes Paniskos scribe
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion), probably of year 12 of Hadrian, signed by Longinus (Crispus) epiteretes
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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1	(ἔτους) ιβ Ἁ̣δριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
2	Παχὼ̣ν ι̅δ. Πετόρ̣ζμηθις Πετορ-
3	ζμήθεως
4	μη(τρὸς) Σενπουήριος χειρω(ναξίου) (δραχμὰς) εἴ-
5	κοσι̣ (διώβολον). Λονγῖνος σεση(μείωμαι) (δραχμαὶ) κ (διώβολον).

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1	In year 12 of Hadrian Caesar the lord,
2	Pachon 14. Petorzmethis, son of Petor-
3	zmethis
4	and the mother Senpoueris, for trade tax drachmas
5	twenty 2 ob. (h. 2) Longinus, I have signed for 20 dr. 2 ob.

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
13020	man	Longinus Crispus epiteretes	Longeinos Krispos	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				127 CE 128 CE	date according to tax collector's time of office;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	316004
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 316004 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4042), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).