Ostr. London, British Library 12473
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, British Library 12473 |
| 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unpublished |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 164 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 |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand of Petorzmethis boethos |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for unknown tax |
| Ancient Archives |
(Uncertain) |
| 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 Valerius Serenus and Palachemis, the two praktores argyrikon of Elephantine, through Petorzmethis, assistant, for unknown tax, paid in year 4 of Marc Aurel and Verus |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Οὐαλέριο̣ς Σερῆνος καὶ Παλαχῆμις̣ οἱ β̅ πράκ(τορες)
ἀργ(υρικῶν) Ἐλεφαντ(ίνης) διὰ
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2 | | Πετόρζμη(θις) βοηθ(οῦ). διέγρ(αψεν) -?-
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3 | | Ἀμμωνίου ̣
-?-
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4 | | (ἔτους) δ Ἀντωνίνου̣ καὶ Οὐήρου Καισάρων τῶν κυρίων
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5 | | Ἐπειφ ις
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1 | | Valerius Serenus and Palachemis,
the two collectors of money taxes at Elephantine, through |
2 | | Petorzmethis, assistant. Has paid --- |
3 | | son of Ammonios --- |
4 | | In year 4 of Antoninus
and Verus Caesares the lords, |
5 | | Epeiph 16.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 4242 |
man |
Palachemis praktor |
Παλαχῆμις |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| marcus Aurelius + Verus |
04 |
Epeiph |
16 |
164 July 10 CE |
date in text; |
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
316336 |
| last Change |
15.08.2022 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 316336 (= Ostr. London, British Library 12473), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer . |
