Ostr. London, British Library 5798
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, British Library 5798 |
| Publication Number |
ined |
| Current Location |
London, British Library |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
| 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unpublished |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 |
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 148 and |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
badly abraded at right side |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
surface damaged at right side |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, hand of scribe of Domitius Fannianus |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
8 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for contribution (merimos) |
| 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 Domitios Fannianus and Germanus, collectors of money taxes, for the contribution of year 12 of Antoninus Pius, paid by Harpaesis, son of Harpaesis? and Tachnoumis, and his son of the mother Thinpsen---. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman
Child |
| Comment on Gender |
mother in filiation, second taxpayer is the son |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Domitius Fannianus |
2 | | and Germanus, collectors of money taxes at
Elephantine. |
3 | | Thus have paid Harpaesis, son of
Harpaesis |
4 | | and the mother Tachnoumis, and --- |
5 | | tis, his son of the mother
Thinpsen---, |
6 | | for the contributions of year 12 of
Antoninus |
7 | | Caesar the lord, brutto, drachmas ---,
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8 | | Hadrianos ?.
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Antoninus Pius |
12 |
Hadrianos |
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148 November 27 CE 148 December 26 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
316874 |
| 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 316874 (= Ostr. London, British Library 5798), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
