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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4540

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Collection

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4540
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Publication Status	unpublished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 102 and 103
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	two fragments to be joined

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 lower left side
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Hermogenes (Ammonatos) praktor
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of practor Hermogenes for cheironaxion of year 6 of Trajan, paid by Zmenpos, son of Petorzmethis
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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1	διέγ̣ρ̣α̣ψεν Ζμενπῶς Πετροσζμήθ(εως)
2	ὑπὲρ χιροναξίου ¹l. χειρωναξίου ἕ̣κ̣του (ἔτους)
3	Τρ̣αειανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κ̣υρίου
4	ἀργ(υρίου) (δραχμὰς) εἴκοσι ὀβολοὺς δύω ²l. δύο, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) κ (διώβολον).
5	Ἑρμογένης Ἀμμω̣ν̣ᾶ̣τος ἔ̣γραψα.

¹ l. χειρωναξίου
² l. δύο

convex

1	Thus has paid Zmenpos, son of Petorzmethis,
2	for trade tax of the sixth year
3	of Trajan Caesar the lord,
4	silver dr. twenty, obols two, = 20 dr. 2 ob.
5	Hermogenes, son of Ammonas, I have written.

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4443	man	Hermogenes (Ammonatos) praktor	Ἑρμογένης Αμμωνατος πρακτωρ	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	06			102 CE 103 CE	date in text;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	316142
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 316142 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4540), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).