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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4586

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Collection

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4586
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Publication Status	unpublished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 96 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Archives	none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Menelaos, scribe/collector? Sokrates praktor
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion) of year 15 of Domitian, paid by Psansnos, son of Petorzmethis, written by the praktor Sokrates, countersigned by Menelaos
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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1	διέγραψεν Ψανσνῶς Πετορζμήθεως
2	ὑπὲρ χιρωναξίου ιε (ἔτους) ἐπὶ λόγου (δραχμὰς) δεκαδύο.
3	Μενελας ¹Μενέλαος ἔχωι. ὁμοίως (δραχμὰς) ὀκτὼι ²l. ὀκτώ
4	ὀβολοὺς δύο, πλήρεις? (δραχμαὶ) κ (διώβολον).
5	Μενελας ³Μενέλαος ὁμοίω̣ς ἔχωι. ⁴l. ἔχω
6	Μεσορὴ ι̅θ̅.

¹ Μενέλαος
² l. ὀκτώ
³ Μενέλαος
⁴ l. ἔχω

convex

1	Thus has paid Psansnos, son of Petorzmethis,
2	for trade tax of year 15, on account, twelve dr.
3	(hand 2) Menelas, I have (received). (hand 1) ditto, eight dr.
4	two obols, in full dr 20 ob. 2.
5	(hand 2) Menelas, I have (received).
6	Mesore 19.

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
27945	man	Menelaos, scribe/collector?	Μενέλας	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Domitian	15	Mesore	19	96 August 19 CE	date in text;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	316178
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 316178 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4586), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).