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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4125

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4125
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Publication Status	unpublished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

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	ink abraded
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt of trade tax of nekrotaphoi
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	REceipt for trade tax of nekrotaphoi (funeral workers) of year 8 of Ner, paid by Phanophis ---. with signature of Ariston, son of Pelaias.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion	nekrotaphoi = funeral workers

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1	διαγεγράφηκεν Φα̣ν̣ω̣φ̣ι̣ς ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣-
2	ρ̣η̣ς ὑπὲρ χιρον̣αξίου νεκρο- ¹l. χειρωναξίου
3	τάφου τοῦ ὀκδου (ἔτους) Νέρωνος
4	τοῦ κυρίου month, day, amount.
5	Ἀρί̣στ̣ων Πελαίου ἐπεκλούθ(ηκα).

¹ l. χειρωναξίου

convex

1	Thus has paid Phanophis ---
2	--- for trade tax of the under-
3	taker of the eighth year of Nero
4	the lord, (month, day, amount).
5	(hand 2) Ariston, son of Pelaias, I have checked.

DAIK_O4125_D-DAI-KAI-4

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4551	man	Ariston, son of Pelaias countersigner	Ἀρίστων Πελαίου	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Nero	08			61 CE 62 CE	date in text;

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DAIK_O4125_D-DAI-KAI-4

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	316012
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 316012 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4125), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).