Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955 |
| Publication Number |
ZPE 219, 2021, no. 2 Aly |
| Current Location |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| 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 |
excavation or purchase
Certainty: medium |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Dating |
between 97 and |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
broken at left |
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 left |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, cursive, hand of Hermogenes |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
8 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for poll tax (laographia) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Receipt of the praktor Hermogenes for laographia of year 1 of Trajan, paid by Psansnos the elder, son of Petorzmethis; with signature of Hermogenes |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
| Religion, further |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Διέγραψεν Ψανσνῶς
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2 | | πρεσβύτερος Πετροσζ(μήθιος
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3 | | ὑπὲρ
λαογραφίας πρώτου (ἔτους)
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4 | | Νερουᾶ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ἐπὶ λ(όγου)
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5 | | (δραχμὰς) ὀκτὼ Παχων ι̅γ̅. Ἑρµογ(ένης)
πράκ(τωρ)
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6 | | ἔγραψα. ὁ αὐτὸς Ψανσνῶς τὰς λοιπ(ὰς)
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7 | | τοῦ α (ἔτους) (δραχμὰς) ἐννήα (γίνονται)
(δραχμὰς) θ. [Ἑρµογ(ένης) πράκ(τωρ)] |
8 | | ἔγραψα.
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1 | | Has paid Psansnos |
2 | | senior, son of Petorzmethis?, |
3 | | for poll tax of the first year |
4 | | of Nerva Caesar the lord on account |
5 | | eight dr., on Pachon 13. Hermogenes, praktor, |
6 | | I have written. The same Psansnos the remaining
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7 | | nine dr. of year 1, = 9 dr. Hermogenes,
praktor, |
8 | | I have written.
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| OCairo 18955_15_S1_001 |
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| Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Trajan |
01 |
Pachons |
13 |
97 May 8 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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| OCairo 18955_15_S1_001 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
318407 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
382551 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 318407 (= Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955 ), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
