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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4280

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4280
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Publication Status unpublished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 144 and 146
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete

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 and bottom
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5+y
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for contribution (merimos)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of Soter and Papremithes, praktores argyrikon of Elephantine, for contribution, paid by NN alias Lou--- .
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text alias-name
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Σωτὴρ καὶ Παπρε̣μίθης πράκτορες
2ἀργυρικ(ῶν) Ἐλεφ(αντίνης). διέγραψεν
3 -?- ις ὁ καὶ Λου-
4 -ca. 10 - θου μητρὸς
5 - ca. 10 - μερι̣σμὸν
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
convex
1Soter and Papremithes, collectors
2of money taxes at Elephantine. Thus has paid
3--- alias Lou-
4--- and the mother
5---, the contribution
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
DAIK_O4280_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4492 man Papremithes praktor Παπρεμειθης Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Antoninus Pius 144 CE 146 CE date according to tax collector's time of office and his scribe's term;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4280_S1_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316035
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 316035 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4280), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).