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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4047

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4047
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Publication Status unpublished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 116 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
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 8+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 of praktor Didymion for poll tax of year 19 of Trajan, paid by P---, son of Psenchnoubis and ---zmethis, written by the scribe Sarapion.
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender mother in filiation
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Διδυμίων πράκ(τωρ) ἀργ(υρικῶν).
2διέγραψεν Π̣ 6-10?
3Ψενχνούβεως μη(τρὸς) 4? -
4ζμηθις λ̣αο(γραφίας) ἐννεακαι-
5δεκάτου (ἔτους) Τραιανοῦ Ἀρίστου
6τοῦ κυρίου ἄ̣λλας δραχ(μὰς) ὀκτώ,
7(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η. διὰ Σαραπίωνος,
8Φαρμοῦθι -?-
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
convex
1Didmion, collector of money taxes.
2Thus has paid P ---,
3son of Psenchnoubis and the mother --- -
4zmethis, for poll tax of the nine-
5teenth year of Traianus Optimus
6the lord, further eight drachmas,
7= 8 dr. Through Sarapion,
8Pharmouthi ---
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
DAIK_O4047_D-DAI-KAI-4
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4451 man Didymion praktor Διδυμίων Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Trajan 19 Pharmuthi 116 March 27 CE 116 April 25 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4047_D-DAI-KAI-4
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316008
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 316008 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4047), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).