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Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 2799

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Elephantine, excavation Deutsches Archäologisches Institut Kairo
Inventory Number Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 2799
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Publication Status unpublished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 -90 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, hand unknown Greek
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 9
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, issued by the banker Ammonios, paid by Aniketos, son of Dionysios, for land formerly owned by Hermon
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 κδ Φαρμοῦθι.
2τέτακται ἐπὶ τὴν ἐν
3Συήνῃ τράπεζαν ἐφ᾿ ἧς Ἀμμώνιος
4εἰς τὸ αὐτὸ (ἔτος) ἀκροδρύων
5Ἀνίκ̣η̣τ̣ο̣ς Διονυσίου τῆς
6πρότερον Ἕρμωνọς χαλκοῦ οὗ ἀλλαγὴ
7χιλίας τιε, (γίνονται) Ἀ τιε.
8Ἀμμώνιος τραπεζίτης.
9Ἀφπ
convex
1In year 24, Pharmouthi.
2Has paid to the
3bank in Syene, of which Ammonios is in charge,
4for the current year for date palms
5Aniketos, son of Dionysios, for land
6formerly belonging to Hermon, copper plus agio
7thousand 315, = 1315.
8Ammonios, banker.
91580.
DAI 2799_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 24 Pharmuthi -90 April 13 BCE -90 May 13 BCE date in text;

 

Pictures

DAI 2799_S1_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 318413
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 318413 (= Ostr. Elephantine, excavation DAIK 2799), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek);.