Ostr. London, British Library 41640
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. London, British Library 41640 |
| 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unpublished |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 175 and |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| 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 scribe Serenus |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for poll tax (laographia) |
| 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 for poll tax, written by the scribe Serenus in year 1 of Avidius Cassius (End of April- July 175) |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
ok |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | α (ἔτους) Αὐτοκράτορος -?-
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2 | | Ἀουιδίου Κασσίου̣
-?-
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3 | | διέγραψεν
Ψενπετα̣υ̣ς̣
-?-
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4 | | ὑπὲρ
λαογραφίας α (ἔτους) δραχ̣μὰς
-?-
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5 | | διὰ Σερήνου
βοηθοῦ.
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1 | | Year 1 of Imperator ---|
2 | | Avidius Cassius --- |
3 | | Thus has paid Psenpetaus ---|
4 | | for poll tax of year 1, drachmas ---.|
5 | | Through the assistant Serenos.
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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 |
| 32635 |
man |
Psenpetaus (175) |
Ψενπετα̣υ̣ς̣ |
pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Avidius Cassius |
01 |
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175 CE |
date in text (End of April - End of July); |
Pictures
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| BL_41640r_S1_001 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
316965 |
| 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 316965 (= Ostr. London, British Library 41640), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
