Ostr. Berlin P. 17855
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (ex) |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Berlin P. 17855 |
| Publication Number |
ined. |
| 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unpublished |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 |
(unknown)
Certainty: |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
(unknown)
Certainty: |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
unknown |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Upper right part broken off. |
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 endings are broken in undetermined extent. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Script, additional A |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Language, additional A |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
greek: ptolemaic cursive, hand of Petepiphis |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text was placed onto the upper two-third of the object. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
[1]+3 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
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0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
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0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
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0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for salt tax |
| Ancient Archives |
private archive | inidividual tax payer |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
[///] is confirmed by Esphouti,(?) son of Pametis, of having paid a lost tax, presumably the salt tax, for a lost regnal year. Countersigned by Phatres, son of Hartophanchtes. Greek subscription mentioning Petepiphis. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Greek subscription mentioning Petepiphis. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | [Ths has brought NN x kite for the salt tax] |
2 | | [for the xth regnal year.] Issued by Esphouti(?), son of Pametis. |
3 | | [xth regnal year], xth of [///]. Countersigned by Phatres, son of Hartophnachthes. |
4 | | Through Petepiphis.
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| Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 1745 |
man |
Petepiphis, son of Pachnoumis |
PꜢ-ḏỉ-Pp.t sꜢ Pa-H̱nm; Πετεπῖφις (Gen. Πετεπῖφιος) |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
30 |
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-256 BCE -255 BCE |
Dating by palaeography. Dating by content. Dating by prosopography.; |
Literature
| DatasetID |
316929 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic; metadata) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 316929 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 17855), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic; metadata). |
