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Ostr. Berlin P. 12082

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12082
Publication Number	BGU VI 1493
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)	148 mm \| 93 mm \| 8 mm
Dating	between -200 and -1
Criteria for Dating	palaeography
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	Surface abraded

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, ptolemaic cursive, hand unknown
Comments on Text Layout	14 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	14
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Account
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary \| account
Summary of Content	Account of payments received by single sellers?
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

Pictures

convex

1	ἔχομεν παρὰ τῶν πρατῶν δ̣ι̣ο̣ι̣κήσε̣ω̣ς ε̣ξ
2	ϡι (ἀφ' ὧν)
3	ἔχει Ἰμούθης ὁ λ̣α̣ξὸς ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν χρημάτων σ
4	ἔχει Βιῆγχις ὁ̣ β̣ο̣υκό̣λ̣ο̣ς ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν ρν
5	ἔχει Βιῆγχις Αἰλούρου ἐκ τῶν αὐτῶν
6	χρημάτων ρι
7	ἔχει ̣ ̣ ̣μητις κατὰ τὸ ἐπί-
8	ταγμα Βιῆγχις ¹l. Βιήγχιος Αἰλούρου π
9	ἔχε̣ι̣ Π̣ε̣τ̣ε ̣ ̣σ̣αστρα̣τεκ̣ι̣ ν̣
10	κη ἔχει Ἀλέξανδρος
11	δραχμὰς τκ
12	̣ ̣ (γίνονται) ϡι
13	̣ ̣

¹ l. Βιήγχιος

convex

1	We have received from the sellers? of the financial administration ?
2	910 drachmas, of which
3	Imouthes, the stone maison, has received from the same money 200
4	Bienchis, the cattle driver, has received from the same money 150
5	Bienchis, son of Ailouras, has received from the same
6	money 110
7	--metis has received according to the order
8	of Bienchis, son of Ailouras, 80
9	Pete--- has received 50
10	on 28th has received Alexandros
11	320 drachmas.
12	--- 910
13	---

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
25970	man	Alexandros (bgu)	Ἀλέξανδρος	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				-199 BCE -1 BCE	palaeographical dating;

Literature

Schubart, Wilhelm & Kühn, Ernst, BGU VI: Papyri und Ostraka der Ptolemäerzeit (1922). (no. 1493)

DatasetID	3430
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03430
Trismegistos	7387
Papyri.info	ddbdp/bgu;6;1493
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 3430 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12082), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning; Ruth Duttenhöfer.