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Persons & Deities

Ostr. Berlin P. 12073

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12073
Publication Number	SB VI 9604, 15
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)	54 mm \| 55 mm \| 8 mm
Dating	between 113 and 114
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at lower right corner

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
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, roman cursive, hand of Lucius Aurelius
Comments on Text Layout	7 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax ( laographia)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Lucius Aurelius epiteretes
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt for poll tax of year 16 of Trajan, paid by Premsos, son of Petorzmethis and the mother Senpatchnautis, in Year 17 of Trajan. Signature of Lucius Aurelius epiteretes lost.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. l. 7? signature of Lucius Aurelius lost at the end; lacuna l. 5? empty?
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	mother in filiation
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

convex

1	διέγραψεν Πρεμσῶς Πετορζμήθε̣ο̣ς
2	μητρὸς Σενπατ̣χν̣αῦτις ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας
3	τοῦ ἑκκαιδεκάτου ἔτους Τραιανοῦ
4	Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου ἀργυρίου δραχ(μὰς) δέκα
5	καὶ ἑπτά (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιζ. vac.?
6	(ἔτους) ιζ Τραιανο̣ῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
7	vac. -?-

convex

1	Thus has paid Premsos, son of Petorzmethis
2	and the mother Senpatchnautis, for poll tax
3	of the sixteenth year of Trajan
4	Caesar the lord, silver drachmas ten
5	and seven, = 17 dr.
6	Year 17 of Trajan Caesar the lord
7	---

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4797	man	Premsos, son of Petorzmethis and Senpatchnautis	Πρεμσῶς Πετορζμήθεος Σενπατχναῦτις	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	17			112 August 29 CE 113 August 28 CE	date in text;

Literature

Kiessling, Emil & Preisigke, Friedrich & Bilabel, Friedrich & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VI (1963). (9604, 15)
Müller, Wolfgang, Griechische Ostraka aus Elephantine/Syene II (1958). (2, no. 15.)

DatasetID	3428
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03428
Trismegistos	19122
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;6;9604_15
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 3428 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12073), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.