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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4046

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4046
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Publication Status unpublished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 168 and
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
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 9
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for survey tax on palm groves (γεωμετρίας φοινικῶνος)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of Hierax and Herodes, epiteretai, through the assistants Serenus and Marcus (Annius Nemonianus) , for the survey tax on palm groves, paid by Papremithes, on account of Petorzmethis, son of Hatpes, in year 8 of Marc Aurel and Verus
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Ἱέραξ καὶ Ἡρώδης ἐπιτηρηταὶ
2ἱερᾶς πύλης Σοήνης διὰ Μάρκου καὶ Σερή-
3νου. διέγραψεν Παπρεμεί̣θης
4ὑπὲρ γεομετρίας φοινικῶνος γενήματος ζ (ἔτους)
5ὀνόματος Πετορζμήθιος Ἁτπήους
6(δραχμὰς) β. (ἔτους) η Αὐρηλίων Ἀντωνίνου
7καὶ Οὐήρου Καισάρων τῶν κυρίων
8Ἀρμενιακῶν Μηδικῶν̣
9Παρθικῶν με̣γ̣ί̣στων Μεχεὶρ ι̅η̅.
1Hierax and Herodes, supervisors
2of the Sacred Gate of Syene, through Marcus and Sere-
3nus. Has paid Papremithes
4for the survey tax for palm groves of the harvest of year 7
5on account of Petorzmethis, son of Hatpes,
62 dr. In year 8 of Aurelius Antoninus
7and Aurelius Verus Caesares the lords
8Armeniaci Medici
9Parthici Optimi, Mechir 18.
DAIK_O4046_D-DAI-KAI-4
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
12505 man Herodes epiteretes Herodes Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Marcus Aurelius + Verus 08 Mecheir 18 168 February 13 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4046_D-DAI-KAI-4
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316007
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 316007 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4046), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).