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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4537

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4537
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Publication Status unpublished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 83 and 84
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 5
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for poll tax ( laographia)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt
Summary of Content Receipt for poll tax of year 3 of Domitian, written by Peleas, paid by Psnsnos, son of Petorzmethis
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1διέγραψεν Ψανσνῶ̣ς
2Π̣ετορζμηθις 1l. Πετορζμήθεως ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας
3τρίτου (ἔτους) Δωμετιανοῦ 2l. Δομιτιανοῦ
4τοῦ κυρίου Μεσορη ? ἀργυ(ρίου) δραχ(μὰς)
5δεκαέξ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιϛ. Πε̣λέας ἔγραψα.

1 l. Πετορζμήθεως
2 l. Δομιτιανοῦ
convex
1Thus has paid Psansnos,
2son of Petorzmethis, for poll tax
3of the third year of Domitian
4the lord, Mesore ?, silver drachmas
5sixteen, = 16 dr. Peleas, I have written.
DAIK_O4537_26801c_S1_0
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
13365 man Peleas, scribe and collector Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Domitian 03 83 CE 84 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4537_26801c_S1_0
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316138
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 316138 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4537), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).