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Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1169 + 1170

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1169 + 1170
Publication Number	ined
Current Location	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
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Publication Status	unpublished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	archaeological excavation Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	excavation finds
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Tuckett, Francis Fox Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Dating	between 114 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	joined of two fragments, 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 O.Wilck. 92; signature of Dionysios praktor
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	10
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for contribution for the canal of Trajan and for the salary of river police boats (dakikou potamou and opsonion potamophylakidon)
Ancient Archives	unclear
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Ammonios and Dionysios, praktores of Syene, for the Dacian canal (of Trajan) and for the wages on soldiers of river police boats, paid by ---meaus, son of Bienchis ---.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	mother in filiation
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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convex

1	Ἀμμώνιος καὶ Διονύσιος πράκ(τορες)
2	ἀργυρικῶν Σοήν̣η̣ς. διέγραψεν -?-
3	μεαυς Βιήνχιος μητρὸς Θι -?-
4	Δακι̣κ̣ο̣ῦ̣ ποταμοῦ καὶ μισ̣θ̣ο̣ῦ̣ ποταμοφυλ(ακίδος)
5	ιζ (ἔτους) Τραιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου ἀργυρίου δραχ(μὰς) ἕξ ὀβολ(οὺς) πέντε.
6	(ἔτους) ιζ̣ Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
7	Μεσορὴ η̅. -?-
8	διὰ τὸ λέγειν σε παραπεπτ̣ωκέναι
9	ἣν ἔσχες ἀποχήν.
10	Διονύσιος σεσημείομαι (δραχμὰς) ϛ̣ (πεντώβολον).

convex

1	Ammonios and Dionysios, collectors
2	of money taxes at Syene. Thus has paid ---
3	meaus, son of Bienchis and the mother Thi---,
4	for the Dacian canal and the wages for river police boats
5	of year 17 of Trajan the lord, silver drachmas six obols five.
6	Year 17 of Trajan Caesar the lord,
7	Mesore 8. ---?
8	because you said that the receipt has been lost
9	which you had received.
10	(hand 2) Dionysios, I have signed for 6 dr. 5 ob.

OGL_1169+1170_S1_001

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
12435	man	Ammonios praktor (Syene)	Ammonios praktor	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	17	Mesore	08	114 August 1 CE	date in text;

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OGL_1169+1170_S1_001

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	317665
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 317665 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1169 + 1170), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.