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Ostr. Berlin P. 12010

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12010
Publication Number	BGU VI 1351 = O.Varia 1A
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty:
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director) Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	partage
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1906 and 1906

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, medium brown
Size (Height | Width | Thickness)	112 mm | 98 mm | 11 mm
Dating	between -243 and -218
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, fine ptolemaic cursive, written with kalamos, hand unknown
Comments on Text Layout	8 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	8
Quantity of Columns	1

 

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for pasture tax
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Currently unknown)
Text Types	documentary | receipt
Summary of Content	Bank receipt for pasture tax (ἐννόμιον) of year 5 (of Ptolemy IV?), paid by 5 men with Greek names. No signature.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

 

Text

 

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4263	man	Hermodotos ptol	Ἑρμόδοτος	Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios IV Philopator	05	Epagomenen	02	-218 October 13 BCE	date in text, financial year, emperor incertain, cf. BL X 117;

 

Literature

• Clarysse, Willy & Thompson, D.J., The Salt-Tax Rate Once Again (1995). (226)
• Pestman, Pieter Willem & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert & Verhoogt, A.M.F.W. & Hoogendijk, Francisca A.J. & Kruit, Nico, BL 10: Berichtigungsliste der griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band X (1998). (117)
• Schubart, Wilhelm & Kühn, Ernst, BGU VI: Papyri und Ostraka der Ptolemäerzeit (1922). (no. 1351)
• Vleeming, Sven P., Ostraka Varia: Tax receipts and legal documents on Demotic, Greek, and Greek-Demotic Ostraka, chiefly of the early Ptolemaic period, from various collections (1994). (no. 1A)

 

DatasetID	3398
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03398
Trismegistos	2996
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.vleem;;1A
Author	BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning; Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 3398 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12010), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning; Ruth Duttenhöfer.