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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4141

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4141
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Publication Status unpublished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 216 and 221
Criteria for Dating date according to tax collector's time of office
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at left

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
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for monthly trade tax for fisher
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of Hierakapollon, tax farmers of the Sacred gate of Syene, for monthly tax for fisher, paid by Prempsais and his associate fishers, between y. 24 of Caracalla and y. 5 of Elagabal.
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
1Ἱερακα̣π̣όλλων μισθωτὴς Πρεμψάιτι
2καὶ τοῖς σὺν αὐτῷ ἁλιεῦσι χαίρειν.
3ἀπέσ̣χον ὑπὲρ Φαρμοῦθι δραχμὰς
4ὀκτ̣ὼ τετρόβολον, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η (τετρώβολον).
5(ἔτους) ̣// Φαρμοῦθι Παχὼν ̣̅
convex
1Hierakapollon, tax farmer, to Prempsais
2and his associate fishers, greeting.
3I have recieved from you for Pharmouthi drachmas
4eight obols four, = 8 dr. 4 ob.
5Year ?, Pachon ?.
DAIK_O4141_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
19395 man Hierakapollon (Aurelios) (misthotes) Ἱερακαπόλλων Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
216 CE 221 CE date according to tax collector's time of office;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4141_S1_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316013
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 316013 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4141), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).