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. 5 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 169 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 contribution (merimos) |
| 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 Maker, son of Didymos, and Ammonios, collectors of money taxes at Elephantine, through Ammonios, for the contribution of year 9, paid by Pachnoubis, son of Pachnoubis and the mother Serap(). |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
mother in filiation |
| Religion |
unknown |
| Religion, further |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Μάκερ
Διδύµου καὶ ̉Ἀµμών…
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2 | | πράκτορες
ἀργυρικῶν
Ἐλεφαντίνης
διὰ
Ἀμμωνίου
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3 | | Διέγραψεν
Πάχνουβις Παχνούβιος
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4 | | µητρὸς
Σεραπ-
ὑπὲρ
µερισμοῦ θ (ἔτους)
δραχμὰς
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5 | | τέσσαρες (δραχμαὶ) δ. (ἔτους) θ // Παυνι α̅.
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1 | | Maker, son of Didymos, and
Ammonios, |
2 | | collectors for money taxes at
Elephantine, through Ammonios. |
3 | | Has paid
Pachnoubis, son of Pachnoubis |
4 | | and the mother
Serap(-), for contribution of year 9, drachmas |
5 | | four, = 4 dr. In year 9, Payni 1.
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| OCairo 18955_18_S1_001 |
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Marcus Aurelius |
09 |
Payni |
01 |
169 May 26 CE |
date in text; |
Pictures
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| OCairo 18955_18_S1_001 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
318410 |
| 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 318410 (= Ostr. Cairo EM SR SR 18955 ), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer. |
