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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4637

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Collection

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4637
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Publication Status	unpublished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 18 and
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	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax (laographia)
Ancient Archives	none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Ammonios, son of Apollonios, countersigner Pachompretis, son of Pelaias, praktor
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt for poll tax in the reign of Tiberius, paid by Psenamonthes ---, countersigned by Ammonios, son of Apollonios.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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1	διαγεγράφη̣κεν
2	Ψεναμώνθης NN?
3	ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας τοῦ τετάρτου/πέμτου? (ἔτους)
4	Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ
5	Φαμενὼθ κ̣? ἀργυ(ρίου) δραχ(μὰς)
6	δεκαέξ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιϛ̣. 2. Η. Ἀμμ(ώμιος)
7	Ἀπολλωνίου ἐπηκο̣λ̣ούθηκα.

convex

1	Thus has paid
2	Psenamonthes, son of ?,
3	for poll tax of the fourth/fifth? year
4	of Tiberius Caesar Augustus
5	Phamenoth 20?, silver drachmas
6	sixteen, = 16 dr. (hand 2) Ammonios,
7	son of Apollonios, I have checked.

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
13870	man	Ammonios, son of Apollonios, countersigner	Ἀμμώνιος Ἀπολλωνίου	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Tiberius	04	Phamenoth	20+	18 March 16 CE 18 March 25 CE	year uncertain:alternative year 5 of Tiberius = 19 CE;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	316207
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 316207 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4637), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).