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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4782

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4782
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Publication Status	unpublished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 126 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at left

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
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax ( laographia) and prison guards (desmophylakon)
Ancient Archives	none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Sarapion scribe 1
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt for poll tax of year 10 of Hadrian, paid by Petorzmethis, son of Petorzmethis in year 10 of Hadrian; written by Sarapion I.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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1	διὰ Σαραπίωνος βοηθ(οῦ). διέγραψεν Πετόρζμηθις Πετορ-
2	-ca. 20- ὑπ(ὲρ) λ]αο̣γραφίας τοῦ δε̣κάτου ἔ̣τ̣ους
3	Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ἐπ̣ὶ̣ λόγου δραχμὰς ὀκτώ
4	-?- ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣. διέγραψεν
5	-?- δεσμοφυλακίας τοῦ ι (ἔτους) Ἁδριανοῦ
6	-?- ........ Μεσορὴ ι̅γ̅.

convex

1	Through the assistant Sarapion. Thus has paid Petorzmethis, son of Petor-
2	zmethis ---, for poll tax of the tenth year
3	of Hadrian Caesar the lord, on account, drachmas eight
4	--- Thus has paid
5	--- for prison guards of year 10 of Hadrian
6	--- Mesore 13.

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
40335	man	Petorzmethis, son of Petorzmethis and ?	Πετόρζμηθις Πετορζμήθου μητρὸς Θ̣ι̣ν̣π̣ ̣ ̣ ̣?	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Hadrian	10	Mesore	13	126 August 6 CE	date in text;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	316230
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 316230 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4782), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).