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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4726

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4726
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Publication Status unpublished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 -79 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) complete
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 8
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for date palms (akrodrya)
Ancient Archives none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of the bank of Syene for akodrya, paid by Pachnoubis, son Horos, grandson of Hermodoros, and for land? of Hatpes, son of Hermodoros, 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

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1ἔτους β Τῦβι. τέτακται ἐπὶ τὴν
2ἐν Σ̣υ̣ήνῃ τράπεζαν ἐφ᾿ ἧς Ἀμμώνιος εἰς τὸ
3αὐτὸ (ἔτους) ἀκροδρύων Πάχνουβις Ὥρου
4τοῦ Ἑρμοδώρου χαλκοῦ οὗ ἀλλαγὴ τοε.
5ὁ αὐτὸς ἀπὸ̣ τῆς Ἁτπέους τοῦ
6Ἑρμοδώρου οὗ ἀλλαγὴ ϙε, (γίνονται) υο.
7Ἀμμώνιος τραπεζίτης.
8φξε
convex
1In year 2, Tybi. Has paid to the
2bank in Syene of which Ammonios is in charge for the
3same year for date palms Pachnoubis, son of Horos,
4grandson of Hermodoros, copper drachmas plus agio 375.
5The same from? the land of Hatpes, son of
6Hermodoros, (copper drachmas) plus agio 95, = 470.
7Ammonios, banker.
8565.
DAIK_O4726_ELE-45-PW-0
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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
Ptolemaios XII Neos Dionysos 02 Tybi -79 January 10 BCE -79 February 8 BCE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O4726_ELE-45-PW-0
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316219
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 316219 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4726), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).