Ostr. London, British Library 12438
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, British Library 12438 |
| Publication Number |
ined |
| Current Location |
London, British Library |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
| Publication Status |
unpublished |
Origin / Provenance
| Ancient Provenance Site |
Elephantine / Syene () [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
purchase
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Chester, Greville John
Certainty: high |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating |
between 137 and 138 |
| Criteria for Dating |
date according to scribe's time of activity |
| 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 |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand of Pachompsachis |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for unknown tax |
| Ancient Archives |
none |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Receipt of unknown collector for unknown tax written by the scribe Pachompsachis, probably in year 22 of Hadrian, paid by Petorzmethis, son of --- and Thipsan--- |
| Location of Composition |
Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
mother in filiation |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Οὐαλέριος Μαρίων καὶ οἱ σὺν
αὐτῷ
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2 | | ἐπιτ(ηρηταὶ)
ἱερᾶς Σοήνης διὰ Παχομ̣- |
3 | | ψαχις βοηθ(οῦ). διέγρα̣ψεν
Πετόρζμηθις
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4 | | -?-
μ̣ητρὸς Θιψαν- |
5 | | -?- ̣ ̣ Ἁδριανου |
6 | | -?- χ ̣ ̣
̣ -?-
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1 | | Valerius Marion and his associate |
2 | | supervisors of the Sacred Gate of Syene through Pachom-|
3 | | psachis, assistant. Has paid Petorzmethis |
4 | | son of --- and the mother Thipsan-|
5 | | snos, --- of Hadrian |
6 | | ---
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 12740 |
man |
Pachompsachis scribe |
Παχομψᾶχις boethos |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Hadrian |
22 |
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137 CE 138 CE |
date according to scribe's time of activity; |
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
316330 |
| last Change |
19.08.2022 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 316330 (= Ostr. London, British Library 12438), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer . |
