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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4380

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4380
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Publication Status unpublished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 115 and 120
Criteria for Dating date according to tax collector's time of office
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
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title receipt for harbour dues (enhormion)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt
Summary of Content Fragment. Receipt for harbour dues from the port officer (ho ascholoumenos ten hormophylakian) at Syene (Aswan), Antonios Malchaios, acknowledging receipt of dues on cargoes over the past four, paid by Pate---
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Ἀντῶνιος Μαλχαῖος ὁ ἀσχολού-
2μενο̣ς τὴν ὁρμοφυλακίαν Σοή(νης)
3Πατε -?- χα(ίρειν).
4ἔχo πα̣ρὰ σοῦ τὸ ἐνόρμιον ἀγω-
5γ̣ͅί̣ων̣ ὧν ἐποιήσου -?-
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
convex
1Antonius Malchaios, tax farmer
2of the harbour guard of Syene,
3to Pate ---? --- greeting.
4I have received from you the harbour fee for cargoes
5you have made ---
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
DAIK_O4380_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
15530 man Antonios Malchaios Ἀντῶνις Μαλχαοῖς Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
115 CE 120 CE date according to the collector's time of office;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4380_S1_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316105
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 316105 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4380), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).