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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4379

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4379
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Publication Status unpublished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 142 and 143
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at right and bottom

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

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt of the tax farmers Herakleides and Isidoros through the assistant Palachemis, for trade tax of year 6 of Antoninus, paid by ---, son of Petorzmethis ---.
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
1ρ̣ακλείδης καὶ Ἰσίδωρος
2μισθωταὶ πύλης Σοή(νης) διὰ Παλαχήμ(ιος)
3βοηθοῦ. διέγραψεν -?- Πετο-
4ρζμήθου μη̣τρὸ(ς) -?-
5χει̣ρ̣ο̣νάξιον ϛ (ἔτους) Ἀντωνείνου
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
convex
1Herakleides and Isidoros,
2tax farmers of the Gate of Syene, through Palachemis,
3assistant. Thus has paid ---, son of Peto-
4rzmethis and the mother --- ,
5the trade tax of year 6 or Antoninus
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
DAIK_O4379_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
12980 man Herakleides misthotes Ἡρακλείδης misthotes Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Antoninus Pius 06 142 CE 143 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4379_S1_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316104
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 316104 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4379), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).