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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 1689

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 1689
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Publication Status unpublished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
Dating between -103 and
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at bottom

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 lower right corner, surface abraded
Script, Primary Greek
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand unknown Greek
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 5+y
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for date palms (akrodrya)
Ancient Archives none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Receipt of the bank of Syene for akrodrya of the banker Ammonios
Location of Composition Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Script = Language Monolingual
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1ἔτους ιε τοῦ καὶ ιβ Φαωφι λ̅.
2τέ̣τ̣ακται ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν Συήνῃ τράπεζαν ἐφ᾿ ἧς
3Ἀμμώνιος̣ εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ (ἔτος) ἀκροδρύων
4-?- -νεφω̣του
5χα(λκοῦ) οὗ ἀλ(λαγὴ) -?- α̣ς̣
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
convex
1In year 15 = 12, Phaophi 30.
2Has paid to the bank in Syene, of which
3Ammonios is in charge, for the current year for date palms
4---, son of Petenephophes?
5copper plus agio ---
y– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
1689up_S1_001
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
4005 man Ammonios (Trapezit) Ἀμμώνιος = Ἀμώνιος Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Ptolemaios X Alexander I + Cleopatra III 15=12 Phaophi 30 -103 November 16 BCE date in text;

 

Pictures

1689up_S1_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 318412
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek);
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 318412 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 1689), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek);.