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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4291

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4291
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Publication Status unpublished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 117 and 118
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at right

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 4
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for contribution for a statue and a bust of the emperor Hadrian (syneisphora andriantos kai protomes)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt of praktor Sanmous through scribe Sarapion for the contribution for a copper statue and a silver bust of emperor Hadrian, paid by Pmouis ---, in second year of Hadrian.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Σανμοῦς πράκ(τωρ). διέγραψεν Πμοῦϊς
2 -ca. 9- ὑπ(ὲρ) συνισφορᾶς
3ἀνδ(ριάντος) χαλκ(οῦ) καὶ προτομῆς ἀργυρᾶς
4Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ̣ κυρίου ἀργυρίου (δραχμὰς) δ.
convex
1Sanmous, tax collector. Thus has paid Pmouis,
2son of --- , for the contribution
3for a copper statue and a silver bust
4of Hadrian the lord, 4 silver dr.
DAIK_O4291_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
38825 man Pmouis Πμοῦϊς pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Hadrian 02 117 CE 118 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4291_S1_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316044
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 316044 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4291), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).