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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4274

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4274
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Publication Status unpublished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 148 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at top and 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 top and left
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+3
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 poll tax, paid in year 12 of Antoninus
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
x– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
x+1δραχ(μὰς) δέκα ἑπτὰ ὀβολόν, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιζ (ὀβολός). (ἔτους) ιβ
x+2Ἀντωνείνου Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
x+3 vac. Φαωφι β̅.
convex
x– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
x+1drachmas seventeen 1 obol, = 17 dr. 1 ob. In year 12
x+2of Antoninus Caesar the lord
x+3--- Phaophi 2.
DAIK_O4274_S1_001
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Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Antoninus Pius 148 September 29 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4274_S1_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316033
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 316033 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4274), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).