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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 4690

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Metadata

Collection

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Publication Status unpublished

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:
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]

Object

Object Type ostracon
Range of Preservation complete
State of Preservation Complete.
Mounting (non [ostracon])

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) 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

 

Text Content

Modern Title receipt for an unnamed tax
Ancient Archives private archive | inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
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

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1ı͗n Prtmk ta ḥḏ qd 5
2r dny.t-pš 2½ r ḥḏ qd 5 ꜥn (n) pꜣy=f dny.t-šp n ḥsb.t 4
3n-ḏr.t Sḏm.n=y-H̱nm sꜣ Ḏḥwtı͗-ı͗.ı͗r-dı͗-s n ḥsb.t 2.t ///
4sẖ Pꜣ-ḥtr sꜣ Ḥr-tꜣy=f-nḥṱ
5pꜣy=f dny.t-šp ḥsb.t 4.t ı͗bd 2 šmw sw 12
1Thus has brought Pertemek, daughter of ⸢///⸣, 5 kite,
2yields a half 2½, yields 5 kite again, (for) his half, for the 4th regnal year.
3Issued by Stamnaichnoumis, son of Thotortaios, in the 2nd regnal year ⸢///⸣
4Countersigned by Phatres, son of Hartophnachtes
5His half. 4th regnal year, 12th of Payni.
DAIK_O_4690_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

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

 

Dates

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;

 

Pictures

DAIK_O_4690_S1_001
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Literature

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.