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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4607

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4607
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Publication Status unpublished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 133 and 134
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at right and bottom

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 and bottom
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5+y
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 | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of Iulius Sabinus epiteretes and associates, through the scribe Sarapion for trade tax of year 18, paid by Sansnos
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
1διέ(γραψεν)
2Ζμενπῶς Ἁρπαήσεως μη(τρὸς) Σεν-
3τιθοήους ὑ̣πὲρ χειρωναξίο(υ)?
4τοῦ ις̣ (ἔτους) Τραιανο(ῦ) τοῦ κυρίου
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
convex
1Thus has paid
2Zmenpos, son of Harpaesis and the mother Sen-
3tithoes, for trade tax?
4of year 16 of Trajan the lord
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
DAIK_O4607up_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
13000 man Iulius Sabinus epiteretes Ioulios Sabeinos Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Hadrian 18 133 CE 134 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4607up_S1_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316196
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 316196 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4607), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).