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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4587

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4587
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Publication Status unpublished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 86 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 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
Summary of Content Receipt for trade tax of year 5 of Domitian, paid by Petorzmethis, son of Petorzmethis, written by Peleas.
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 Πετόρζμηθις
2Πετορζμηθις 1l. Πετορζμήθεως ὑπὲρ χιρωναξίου πέ̣μ̣του (ἔτους)
3Δωμετιανοῦ 2l. Δομιτιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
4Μεσορὴ λ̅ ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς ἴκωσι 3l. εἴκοσι, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) κ
5ὀβολοὺς δύω 4l. δύο. Πελέας ἔγραψα.

1 l. Πετορζμήθεως
2 l. Δομιτιανοῦ
3 l. εἴκοσι
4 l. δύο
convex
1Thus has paid Petorzmethis,
2son of Petorzmethis, for trade tax of the fifth year
3of Domitian Caesar the lord,
4Mesore 30, silver drachmas twenty, = 20 dr.
5two obols. Peleas, I have written.
DAIK_O4587_26801b_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 05 Mesore 30 86 August 23 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4587_26801b_S1_0
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316179
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 316179 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4587), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).