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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4601

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4601
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Publication Status unpublished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 116 and 117
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 8
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Two receipts for contributions on one ostracon
Ancient Archives none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt
Summary of Content Two receipts on one ostrakon: 1. receipt of praktor Ammonios for the wages for sailors on river police boats, paid by Zmenpos, son of Harpaesis 2. receipt of praktor Sanmous for the contribution for river police boats, paid by Zmenpos, son of Harpaesis
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender mother in filiation
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Ἀμμώνιος πράκτωρ. δ̣ι̣έγραψεν Ζμενπῶς
2Ἁρπαήσεως μ̣ητρὸς Σεντιθοῆς ὑπ(ὲρ) ὀψωνίο(υ) ναύτ(ων)
3ποταμοφυλακίδων κ (ἔτους) δραχ(μὰς) μίαν τριώβο(λον). (ἔτους) κ
4Τραιανοῦ Ἀρίστου τ̣[ -?- ]
___________________________________________________
5Σανμοῦς πράκτωρ. διέγρ(αψεν) Ζμενπῶς Ἁρπαή-
6σεως ὑπὲρ μερισμ̣οῦ ποταμοφυλακίδoς β (ἔτους)
7Ἁδριανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἀργ(υρίου) (δραχμὴν) α (τετρώβολον)
8Μεχεὶρ δ̅. Σα̣ρ(απίων) γρ(αμματεὺς) ἔγρ(αψα).
convex
1Ammonios, tax collector. Thus has paid Zmenpos,
2son of Harpaesis and the mother Sentithoes, for the wages of the sailors
3of the river police boats of year 20 one drachma three obols. Year 20
4of Traianus Optimus ---
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5(hand 2) Sanmous, tax collector. Thus has paid Zmenpos, son of Harpae-
6sis, for the contribution of river police boats of year 2
7of Hadrian the lord, 1 silver drachma 4 obols,
8Mechir 4. Sarapion, scribe, I have written.
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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 20 116 CE 117 CE ;

 

Pictures

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316190
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 316190 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4601), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).