Ostr. London, British Library 14164
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, British Library 14164 |
| 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unpublished |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 91 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 upper left corner
badly preserved, blurry text |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand of Sokrates |
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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 trade tax (cheironaxion) |
| Ancient Archives |
none |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | receipt
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Receipt of praktor Sokrates for cheironaxion of year 12 of Domitian, with signature of Sokrates. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
identification of tax payer incertain |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | διέγραψ̣εν Π̣έ̣τε̣υρις |
2 | | -?-
ὑπὲρ
χιρωναξίου
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3 | | ἐνάτου
(ἔτους) Δομιτιανοῦ |
4 | | τοῦ̣ κυρ̣ί̣ου
ἀργυρίου (δραμὰς) ιβ. |
5 | | Σωκράτης
πράκ(τωρ)
ἔ̣γ̣ραψα
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6 | | τῶι ι̣ (ἔτους) Π̣α̣χων ι̅β̣̅.
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1 | | Has paid Peteuris |
2 | | --- for trade tax |
3 | | of year 9 of Domitian |
4 | | the lord, 12 silver drachmas. |
5 | | Sokrates, collector, I have
written. |
6 | | In year 10, Pachon 12.
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Domitian |
10 |
Pachons |
12 |
91 May 7 CE |
date in text; |
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
316356 |
| 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 316356 (= Ostr. London, British Library 14164), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer . |
