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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4591

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4591
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Publication Status unpublished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 98 and 99
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 poll tax ( laographia)
Ancient Archives none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt
Summary of Content receipt of practor Hermogenes for laographia of year 2 of Trajan, paid by Harpaesis, son of Petorzmethis.
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 Ἁρπαῆσις Πετροσζμήθεως
2ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας β (ἔτους)
3Τραεια̣ν̣ο̣ῦ τοῦ κυρίου
4ἀργυρίου (δραχμὰς) ιζ. Ἑρμογένης
5πράκτωρ ἔγραψα.
convex
1Thus has paid Harpaesis, son of Petorzmethis,
2for poll tax of year 2
3of Trajan the lord,
4silver dr. 17. Hermogenes,
5collector, I have written.
DAIK_O4591_26801b_S1_0
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
15190 man Harpaesis, son of Petorzmethis Ἑρπαῆσι Πετορζμήθου Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Trajan 02 98 CE 99 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4591_26801b_S1_0
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316183
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 316183 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4591), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).