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Ostr. Berlin P. 12020

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12020
Publication Number	SB VI 9545, 21
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: high
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director) Certainty: high
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, red
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	78 mm \| 91 mm \| 5 mm
Dating	between 63 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, roman cursive, hand of Sossios Alexas
Comments on Text Layout	5 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for survey tax on palm groves (γεωμετρίας φοινικῶνος)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Sossios Alexas
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Sossios Alexas for survey tax on palm groves, paid by Zmenpos, son Bienchis, in year 10 of Nero.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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convex

1	Σόσσιος Ἀλεξᾶς. διαγεγράφηκεν
2	Ζμεπῶς Βιήνχιος ὑπὲρ γεομετρίας ¹ l. γεωμ(ετρίας)
3	φοινικώνων ἐνάτου (ἔτους) δραχμὰς
4	ὀκτὼ παρὰ ὀβολοὺς δύο ἥμισυ,
5	(ἔτους) ι Νέρωνος τοῦ κυρίου Χα̣ίακ ιγ.

¹ l. γεωμ(ετρίας)

convex

1	Sossios Alexas. Thus has paid
2	Zmenpos, son of Bienchis, for the survey tax
3	of palm groves of the nineth year drachmas
4	eight minus two and a half obols.
5	Year 10 of Nero the lord, Choiak 13.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4766	man	Sossios Alexas	Σοσσίος Ἀλεξᾶς	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Nero	10	Choiak	13	63 December 10 CE	date in text;

Literature

Kiessling, Emil & Preisigke, Friedrich & Bilabel, Friedrich & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VI (1963). (9545, 21)
Müller, Wolfgang, Griechische Ostraka (1958). (203, no. 21.)
Pestman, Pieter Willem & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert & Hoogendijk, Francisca A.J., BL 8: Berichtigungsliste der Griechischen Papyrusurkunden aus Ägypten, Band VIII (1992). (350)
Préaux, Claire, L'ostracon d'Éléphantine SB VI 9945, 21 (1982). (338-339)

DatasetID	3406
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03406
Trismegistos	19083
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;6;9545_21
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 3406 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12020), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning; Ruth Duttenhöfer.