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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4723

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4723
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Publication Status	unpublished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 17 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, surface abraded
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of Pachompretis, son of Pelaias?
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for monthly trade tax (cheironaxion meniaion)
Ancient Archives	none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Pachompretis, son of Pelaias, praktor
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt for monthly trade tax, paid for 4 months in the year 3 of Tiberius.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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1	διαγεγράφηκεν̣ -?-
2	Ψενχωσις ὑπ(ὲρ) χειρον̣αξίου μη(νιαίου)? τοῦ
3	γ (ἔτους) Τιβερίου Καίσαρος Σεβαστοῦ
4	Παῦνι ι̅δ̅´
5	ὑπὲρ Θυώθ, Φαῶφι, Ἁθύρ,
6	Χοιάχι, (γίνονται) μηνῶν δ -?-

convex

1	Thus has paid NN,
2	son of Psenchosis, for monthly(?) trade tax of the
3	3rd year of Tiberius Caesar Augustus
4	on Payni 14
5	for Thoth, Phaophi, Hathyr,
6	Choiak, = for 4 months ---

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
35170	man	NN, son of Psenchosis	--- Ψενχωσις	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Tiberius	03	Payni	14	17 June 8 CE	date in text;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	316216
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 316216 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4723), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata) .