Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 1633

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 1633
Publication Number	Eleph. 1633
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status	unpublished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
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Left part broken off in undetermined extent.

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)	All line beginnings (Greek) respectively line endings (Demotic) are broken off.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Script, additional A	Greek
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Language, additional A	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. The text was placed centered onto the potsherd, with broad margins on all sides.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	3	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	40	0
Column Height (in mm)	28	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	40+y x 28	0

Text Content

Modern Title	receipt for salt tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Petepiphis, son of Pachnoumis Phatres, son of Hartophnachtes
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Taoues and Ta-⸢..?..⸣[///] are confirrmed by Phatres, son of Hartopnachthes, of having paid the salt tax for the 33rd regnal year in an amount of ½ kite each (restored from the Greek subscription). Greek subscription by Petepiphis: presumably type (today lost), amount in Greek currency.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual)	Greek subscription by Petepiphis: presumably type (today lost), amount in Greek currency.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Bilingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	- Activity of woman: tax payer - Identifier of woman: none

Text

Transcription

Translation

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¹Transcription and translation of the Greek by Ruth Duttenhöfer, of the Demotic by Jan Moje.ı͗n Ta-wꜣ Ta-²The second oart of the name begins with Nḫṱ-, Ns- or Sḏm-. The remaining traces do not allow a clear decision, because this woman is currently not attested elsewhere. Here we must have two female payers, because according to the B-rate of teh salt tax, other wise the Greek mention of 1 drachma makes no sense. The second person must be subordiante to the furst one, so that only a daughter is possible. ḥḏ qd ½ ½ n ḥḏ ḥmꜣ n

ḥsb.t 33 n-ḏr.t Pꜣ-ḥtr sꜣ Ḥr-tꜣy=f-nḫṱ ḥsb.t 33 ı͗bd /// sw ///

¹ Transcription and translation of the Greek by Ruth Duttenhöfer, of the Demotic by Jan Moje.
² The second oart of the name begins with Nḫṱ-, Ns- or Sḏm-. The remaining traces do not allow a clear decision, because this woman is currently not attested elsewhere. Here we must have two female payers, because according to the B-rate of teh salt tax, other wise the Greek mention of 1 drachma makes no sense. The second person must be subordiante to the furst one, so that only a daughter is possible.

convex

3	ἁλικῆς (δραχμὴν) α.

convex

1	Thus have brought Taoues (and) Ta⸢..?..⸣[///], ½ and ½ silver kite for the salt tax for the]
2	33rd regnal year. Issued by Phatres, [son of Hartopnachthes. 33rd regnal year, ///th of ///.]
3	For the salt tax: 1 drachma.

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
29255	woman	Taoues	Ta-wꜣ	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos	33			-253 BCE -252 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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Eleph_DAI_1633_S1_001

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	316860
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 316860 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 1633), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek).