Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955 |
| Publication Number |
APF 63, 2017, Nr. 3 Aly |
| Current Location |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Publication Status |
published |
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] |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating |
between 115 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 receipt unknown |
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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 customs duties |
| 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 Gaius Iulius Maximus and his partners, customs officers of the harbour at Syene, for various goods exported. |
| Location of Composition |
Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
corr. l. 4 |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Γάιος Ἰούλιος
Μάξιμος καὶ
μέτοχοι
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2 | | πεντηκοστῶναι
λιμένος
Σοήνης
Ἀμμωνίῳ Θιν-
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3 | | ερμογένους
χαίρειν.
ἀπέσχομεν παρὰ σοῦ τὸ
γειν̣ό(μενον)
τέλ(ος) ὧν εἰσήγ(αγες)
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4 | | ed. ἐ̣ξ̣ή̣(γαγες) not existant
Παχὼν κ̅
φακ̣οῦ (ἀρταβῶν) ιη (πυροῦ ἀρταβῶν)
γ λ̣αχάνου (ἀρταβῶν) ̣
̣
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5 | | (ἔτους) ιη Τραιανοῦ
Ἀρίστου
Καίσαρος
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6 | | τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ κυρίου Παῦνι ι̅θ̅.
1 ed. ἐ̣ξ̣ή̣(γαγες) not existant
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1 | | Gaius Iulius Maximus and his
partners, |
2 | | tax farmers of the 2% duty of the
harbour of Syene, to Ammonios, son of |
3 | | Thinhermogenes, greeting. We have received from you the appropriate tax on the
goods you have imported |
4 | | on Pachon 20, 18 artabas
of lentils, 3 art. of wheat, ? art. of vegetables. |
5 | | Year 18 of Traianus Optimus Caesar |
6 | | the lord, Payni 19.
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| Cairo-18955-63_S1_001 |
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| Places (read out from edition) Σοήνης (places.xml#8) |
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Trajan |
18 |
Payni |
19 |
115 June 13 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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| Cairo-18955-63_S1_001 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
316521 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 316521 (= Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
