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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3744

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3744
Publication Number ined.
Current Location magazine Assuan
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Publication Status unpublished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) Excavation team Elephantine, German Archaeological Institute Cairo and Swiss Institute for Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt
Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type 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) broken at all sides
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 6
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for poll tax (laographia) and the billeting of soldiers (diples)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt
Summary of Content receipt of practor Hermogenes for laographia and diples of year 10 of Trajan
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1διέγρ[α]ψεν -?-
2ὑπὲρ λαο̣γραφίας δεκάτ̣ου (ἔτους) Τραειανοῦ
3Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρ̣ίου ἀργ(υρίου) (δραχμὰς) δέκα
4ἑπτ̣ά, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιζ, καὶ ὑπὲρ δι̣π̣λῆς ὀβολ(όν).
5Ἑρμογένης Ἀμ̣μωνᾶτος
6πράκ(τωρ) ἔγ̣ρ̣αψα.
convex
1Thus has paid ---
2for poll tax of the tenth year of Trajan
3Caesar the lord, silver drachmas seven-
4teen, = 17 dr., and for certificates for billeting 1 obol.
5Hermogenes, son of Ammonas,
6praktor, I have written.
O3744_S1_001
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3744-2_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4443 man Hermogenes (Ammonatos) praktor Ἑρμογένης Αμμωνατος πρακτωρ Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Trajan 10 107 CE 108 CE date in text;

 

Pictures

O3744_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
3744-2_S1_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 318268
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata)
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 318268 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK O 3744), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer; Julia Puglisi (metadata).