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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4996

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4996
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Publication Status unpublished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 91 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 7
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for survey tax on palm groves (γεωμετρίας φοινικῶνος)
Ancient Archives none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of Antistianes, cheiristes (bank clerk), for survey tax on palm groves of year 9, paid in year 10 of Domitian by Petosiris, son of Pachnoubis?.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1Ἀντιστιανὸς χειριστής. Πετο-
2σιρις Παχνουβι ε̣πικλυτης
3ὑπὲρ γεωμετρίας φυνικῶνος τοῦ ἐνάτου
4ἔτους Δομιτιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
5ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς δέκα τέσσαρας, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιδ.
6(ἔτους) ι Δομιτιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
7Φαρμουθι λ̅.
convex
1Antistianos, clerk. (Has paid) Peto-
2siris, son of Pachnoubis ---
3for the survey tax of palm groves of the nineth
4year of Domitian Caesar the lord,
5silver drachmas fourteen, = 14 dr.
6In year 10 of Domitian Caesar the lord,
7Pharmouthi 30.
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
41740 man Antistianos cheiristes Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Domitian 10 Pharmuthi 30 91 April 25 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAIK_4996_S1_001
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DAIK_4996-1_S1_001
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DAIK_4996innen_S2_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 316245
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 316245 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4996), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer, Julia Puglisi (metadata).