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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4563

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4563
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Publication Status unpublished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 126 and 127
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at top and 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 top and right
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+5
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Archives none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion) of year 11 of Hadrian, issued by the assistant Sarapion
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
x+1δεκάτου ἔτους Ἁδριανοῦ
x+2Καίσαρος τοῦ̣ κυρίου δραχ(μὰς)
x+3εἴκοσι ὀβολ(οὺς) δύο, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) κ (διώβολον).
x+4(ἔτους) ια Ἁδρι̣ανοῦ Καίσαρος
x+5τοῦ κυρίου -?-
convex
x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
x+1of the tenth year of Hadrian
x+2Caesar the lord, drachmas
x+3twenty obols two, = 20 dr. 2 ob.
x+4Year 11 of Hadrian Caesar
x+5the lord ---
O4563up_S1_001
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Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Hadrian 11 126 CE 127 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

O4563up_S1_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316160
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 316160 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4563), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).