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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4572

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4572
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Publication Status unpublished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 112 and 113
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 contribution for river police boats (merismos potamophylakidon)
Ancient Archives none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt
Summary of Content receipt of Ammonios and Petorzmethis, praktores, for merismos potamophylakidos, paid by Zm---, with signature of praktor Ammonios.
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
1Ἀμμώνιος κ̣α̣ὶ̣ Πετορζμῆτ(ις) πράκ(τορες).
2διέγραψεν Ζμ -?-
3ὑπ̣ὲρ μερισμοῦ̣ ποταμοφυλ(ακίδος) δρ. β. (ἔτους) ιϛ Τραιανοῦ
4Καίσαρος τοῦ κ̣υρίου, -?-
5 Ἀμμώνιος (δραχμὰς) β.
convex
1Ammonios and Petorzmethis, collectors.
2Thus has paid Zm---
3for the contribution for river police boats 2 dr. Year 16 of Trajan
4Caesar the lord ---
5(hand 2) Ammonios 2 dr.
DAIK_O4572_26801a_S1_0
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
12435 man Ammonios praktor (Syene) Ammonios praktor Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Trajan 16 112 CE 113 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4572_26801a_S1_0
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316167
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 316167 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4572), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).