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Ostr. London, British Library 41635

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. London, British Library 41635
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Publication Status unpublished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:
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 -102 and -101
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation Right 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) Line endings (Greek) and line beginning (Demotic) broken off.
Script, Primary Greek
Script, additional A Middle Demotic
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Language, additional A Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting documentary, ptolemaic cursive, l. 6 in demotic
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 7
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for date palms (akrodrya)
Ancient Archives none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of the bank of Syene for akrodrya, paid by Harpaes, signed by the banker Ammonios. Demotic subscription: Amount of payment in Egyptian currency, beginning of line lost.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual) Demotic subscription: Amount of payment in Egyptian currency, beginning of line lost.
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text demotic missing
Multilingualism Script = Language Bilingual
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1ἔτους ις τοῦ καὶ ιγ, (month, day).
2τέτακται ἐπὶ τ̣ὴν ἐν Συή(νῃ) τρά(πεζαν) ἐφ᾿ ἧς
3Ἀμμώνιος εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ (ἔτος) ἀκροδρύων
4Ἁρπαῆς χαλκοῦ οὗ ἀλλαγὴ ἑπ̣τακοσίας ν / ψν.
5Ἀμμώ(νιος) τρα(πεζίτης)
convex

6 r sttr 134 ḥḏ qd 182
convex

7 ϡ
convex
1Year 16 which is also 13, (month, day).
2Thus has paid to the bank in Syene, of which
3Ammonios is in charge, for the same year, for date palms?,
4Harpaes, copper drachmas seven hundred 50, = 750 dr.
5(Ammonios, banker.)
6[/// Yields 134 Stater,] 182 kite.
7900.
BL41635r_S1_001
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BL_41635v_S2_001
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Places (read out from edition)
  • Συή(νῃ) (places.xml#8)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    4005 man Ammonios (Trapezit) Ἀμμώνιος = Ἀμώνιος Greek, Ancient

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Ptolemaios X Alexander I + Cleopatra III 16=13 -99 BCE -98 BCE date in text;

     

    Pictures

    BL41635r_S1_001
    Reserved Copyright
    BL_41635v_S2_001
    Reserved Copyright

     

    Literature

    previousely unpublished

     

    DatasetID 316964
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Author Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic)
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 316964 (= Ostr. London, British Library 41635), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic).