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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4718

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4718
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Publication Status unpublished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 -120 and
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 right
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 7
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title receipt for the tax on perfums (myrou tetarte)
Ancient Archives none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of the bank of Syene for the tax on perfums (myrou tetarte), paid by Harmais, signed by banker Ammonios
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
1ἔτους να Ἁ̣θ̣ύρ. τέτακται ἐπὶ τὴν
2ἐν Συήνηι τρά(πεζαν) ἐφ᾿ ἧς Ἀμμώνιος
3εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ (ἔτος) μύρου τετάρτης
4Ἁρμάις χαλκοῦ οὗ ἀλλαγὴ τριακoσίας
5ἑβδομήκοντα̣ πέντε,
6(γίνονται) τοε.Ἀμμώ(νιος) τρα(πεζίτης)
7δι᾿ α̣ὐ̣τοῦ? -?-
1In year 51, Hathyr. Has paid into the
bank in Syene, of which Ammonios is in charge,
3for the same year for the quarter of perfum
4Harmais copper drachmas plus agio three hundred
5seventy five,
6= 375. Ammonios, banker
7through the same? ---
DAIK_O4718_ELE-45-PW-0
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4005 man Ammonios (Trapezit) Ἀμμώνιος = Ἀμώνιος Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Ptolemaios VIII Euergetes II 51 Hathyr -120 November 21 BCE 120 December 20 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4718_ELE-45-PW-0
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316059
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 316059 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4718), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).