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. 3 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 121 and |
| Criteria for Dating |
date in text |
| Range 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 |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Handwriting |
documentary, cursive |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
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| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for monthly trade tax (cheironaxion meniaion) |
| Ancient Archives |
none |
| 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 Sokration, collector for monthly trade tax of Syene, paid by Petorzmethis, son of Harabro-?, in year 5 of Hadrian. |
| Location of Composition |
Aswan / Syene 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 | | Σωκρατίων καὶ οἱ
λοιποὶ
πράκτορες
χειροναξίου
µηνιαίου
Σοήνης.
Διέγραψεν
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2 | | Πετόρζµηθις Ἀραβρωότις l.
Ἀραβρωότιος
ὑπὲρ
χειροναξίου τὰς |
3 | | λοιπὰς τὰ ἕως
Μεσορη λ̅ τοῦ ε (ἔτους) Ἁδριανοῦ |
4 | | Καίσαρος τοῦ
κυρίου δραχμὰς τέσσαρες, (γίνονται)
(δραχμαὶ) δ. |
5 | | Ἀµµώνιος
ἔγραψα. Μεσορη ι̅ϛ̅.
1 l.
Ἀραβρωότιος
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1 | | Sokration and the other
collectors for monthly trade tax of Syene. Has paid |
2 | | Petorzmethis, son of Arabrootis, for trade tax the |
3 | | remainder up to Mesore 30 of year 5 of Hadrian
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4 | | Caesar the lord, drachmas four, = 4 dr. |
5 | | Ammonios, I have written. Mesore 16.
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| OCairo 18955_16_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 |
| Hadrian |
05 |
Mesore |
16 |
121 August 9 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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| OCairo 18955_16_S1_001 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
318408 |
| 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 318408 (= Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955 ), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
