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Ostr. Berlin P. 12032

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12032
Publication Number	SB VI 9545, 9
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, red
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	50 mm \| 81 mm \| 5 mm
Dating	between 75 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, early roman cursive, hand of Melanthis
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 poll tax ( laographia)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Melanthis (son of Hermodotos) praktor
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Melanthis for laographia of year 7 of Vespasian, paid by Paterzmethis, son of Paterzmethis, second installment
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	διέγραψεν Πατερζμῆθις Πατερζμήθιος ὑπὲρ
2	λαογραφίας ἑβδόμου ἔτους
3	Οὐεσπασειανοῦ ¹ l. Οὐεσπασιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου
4	Παχὼν κα τὰς λοιπὰς ἀργυρίου δραχμὰς
5	ὠγκτώ ² l. ὀκτώ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ις. Μελάνθις ἔγραψα .

¹ l. Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
² l. ὀκτώ

convex

1	Thus has paid Paterzmethis, son of Paterzmethis, for
2	poll tax of the seventh year
3	of Vespasian the lord,
4	Pachon 21, the remaining silver drachmas
5	eight, = 16 dr. Melanthis, I have written.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
13140	man	Melanthis (son of Hermodotos) praktor	Μελανθις	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Vespasian	07	Pachons	21	75 May 16 CE	date in text;

Literature

Kiessling, Emil & Preisigke, Friedrich & Bilabel, Friedrich & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VI (1963). (9545, 9)
Müller, Wolfgang, Griechische Ostraka (1958). (195, no. 9)
Reiter, Fabian, Vorschläge zu Lesung und Deutung einiger Steuerquittungen aus Elephantine (2018). (60-63)

DatasetID	3413
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03413
Trismegistos	19071
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;6;9545_9
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 3413 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12032), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.