Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4690

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Collection	Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number	Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4690
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status	unpublished

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:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Excavation team Elephantine, German Archaeological Institute Cairo and Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt Certainty:
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Some signs are faded.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the complete surface of the potsherd, with small lateral margins.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)		0
Column Height (in mm)		0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance		0

Modern Title	receipt for an unnamed tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Phatres, son of Hartophnachtes Stamnaichnoumis, son of Thotortaios
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Pertemek, daughter of ..?.., is confirmed by Stamnaichnoumis, son of Thotortaios, of having paid an unnaled tax for the 4th regmaly ear in an amout of 5 kite. Countersigned by Phatres, son of Hartophnachtes.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	- Activity of woman: tax payer - Identifier of woman: daughter of a man

Transcription

Translation

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1	ı͗n Prtmk ta ḥḏ qd 5
2	r dny.t-pš 2½ r ḥḏ qd 5 ꜥn (n) pꜣy=f dny.t-šp n ḥsb.t 4
3	n-ḏr.t Sḏm.n=y-H̱nm sꜣ Ḏḥwtı͗-ı͗.ı͗r-dı͗-s n ḥsb.t 2.t ///
4	sẖ Pꜣ-ḥtr sꜣ Ḥr-tꜣy=f-nḥṱ
5	pꜣy=f dny.t-šp ḥsb.t 4.t ı͗bd 2 šmw sw 12

1	Thus has brought Pertemek, daughter of ⸢///⸣, 5 kite,
2	yields a half 2½, yields 5 kite again, (for) his half, for the 4th regnal year.
3	Issued by Stamnaichnoumis, son of Thotortaios, in the 2nd regnal year ⸢///⸣
4	Countersigned by Phatres, son of Hartophnachtes
5	His half. 4th regnal year, 12th of Payni.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
38440	woman	Pertemek, daughter of ⸢///⸣	Prtmk ta ..?..	(not identified)

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios III Euergetes	04	Payni	12	-243 July 27 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	318067
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 318067 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4690), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.