Ostr. London, British Library 5806
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, British Library 5806 |
| Publication Number |
ined |
| Current Location |
London, British Library |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
| Publication Status |
unpublished |
Origin / Provenance
| Ancient Provenance Site |
Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: |
| 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 139 and |
| 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 Petesouchos |
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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 contribution (merismos) |
| Ancient Archives |
none |
| 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 praktor Petesouchos for contribution of ? (merismos dap---) for year 2 of Antoninus, paid by NN, son of Petorzmethis and ?. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
ok
tax dapanon? |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
mother in filiation |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Petesuchos, collector. Thus has paid ---|
2 | | son of Petorzmethis and the mother --- for |
3 | | the contributions for expenses ? ---|
4 | | of year 2 of Antoninus Caesar the lord, |
5 | | brutto, 3 1/2 ob. Pharmouthi ---.
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Antoninus Pius |
02 |
Pharmuthi |
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139 March 27 CE 139 April 25 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
316875 |
| 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 316875 (= Ostr. London, British Library 5806), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer . |
