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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4625

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4625
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Publication Status	unpublished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 -120 and -79
Criteria for Dating	date according to tax collector's time of office
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at left 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 left and bottom
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6+y
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	receipt for tax on fishermen (tetarte halieon)
Ancient Archives	none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Ammonios (Trapezit)
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of the bank of Syene for tetarte halieon, paid by Bienchis, son of Zmenichnoubis, signed by the banker Ammonios
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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Translation

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1	ἔτους ? Ἐπειφ̣. τέτα(κται) ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν
2	Συ(ήνῃ) τρ̣ά(πεζαν) ἐφ᾿ ἧς Ἀμμώνιος εἰς τὸ
3	αὐτὸ (ἔτος) (τετάρτης) ἁλιέω̣ν Ἐλεφαντίνης
4	Βίηγχ̣ις Ζμενιχνούβεως
5	χα(λκοῦ) οὗ ἀλ(λαγὴ) δ̣ισχιλίας ψλ,
6	(γίνονται) ᾿Β̣ ψλ. Ἀμμώνιος τρα̣πεζίτης .
y	– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

1	In year ?, Epeiph?. Has paid to the bank in
2	Syene, of which Ammonios is in charge, for the
3	same year, for the quarter of the fishers of Elephantine,
4	Bienchis, son of Zmenichnoubis,
5	copper drachmas plus agio two thousand 730,
6	= 2730. Ammonios, banker.
y	– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4005	man	Ammonios (Trapezit)	Ἀμμώνιος = Ἀμώνιος	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				-120 BCE -79 BCE	date according to tax collector's time of office;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	316205
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 316205 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4625), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).