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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4316

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4316
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Publication Status unpublished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 179 and 211
Criteria for Dating dat in text
Range of Preservation complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) complete
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?
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of the bank of the Gate for monthly trade tax?, probably of year 19 of Marc Aurel or Caracalla
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1ιθ (ἔτους)// Παυνι ι̅ς̅.
2διεγρα̣ψ̣εν ἐπὶ̣ τὴν̣ τ̣ῆ̣ς̣
3π̣ύλης τράπεζαν Ψα̣ι̣ς̣ Πετορ-
4ζμηθ Φαμ̣ενω̣θ̣ ? ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣
5τελ.......αρ (δραχμὰς) β, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) β.
convex
1In year 19, Payni 16.
2Thus has paid to the
3bank of the Gate Psais, son of Petorz-
4methis, Phamenoth? ---
5--- 2 dr., = 2 dr.
DAIK_O4316_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
42350 man Psais, son of Petorzmethis (III?) pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Marcus Aurelius 19 Payni 16 179 June 10 CE date in text, ruler incertain;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4316_S1_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316058
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 316058 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4316), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).