Ostr. Torino, Museo Egizio 12689
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Torino, Museo Egizio 12689 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication upon enquiry only |
| Publication Status |
published |
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 |
find (unspecified)
Certainty: |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Complete. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Complete. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text was placed centered on the potsherd, without lateral margins, but with broad upper and lower margins. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
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 nḥṱ.t 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 |
Bedja, son of Prahma, is confirmed by Hryothes, son of Esminis, of having paid the nḥṱ.t tax for the 8th regnal year in an amount of 2 kite. The issuance was made on declaration of Psenchonsis. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Haryothes, son of Esminis, is the one who speaks to Bedja, (son) |
2 | | of Prahma: You have given to me 2 silver kite for your |
3 | | nḥṱ.t tax for the 8th regnal year. Isseud by Psenchonsis, |
4 | | on his declaration, in the 9th regnal year, 15th of Choiak.
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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 |
| 36985 |
man |
Bedja, son of of Prahma |
Bḏꜣ sꜣ Pꜣ-rḥmꜣ |
(not identified) |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
09 |
Choiak |
15 |
-276 February 8 BCE |
Internal dating, without name of the ruler.; |
Literature
| DatasetID |
317948 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 317948 (= Ostr. Torino, Museo Egizio 12689), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
