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Ostr. Berlin P. 12099

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12099
Publication Number	SB VI 9604, 14
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)	66 mm | 80 mm | 5 mm
Dating	between 65 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at upper right corner; on the left margin slight losses

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 upper right corner, on the left margin slight losses.
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, roman cursive, hand of Pelaias, son of Ammonios?
Comments on Text Layout	6 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6
Quantity of Columns	1

 

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax ( laographia)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Ammonios, son of Ammonios praktor+scribe Gaius
Text Types	documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt for poll tax for year 11 of Nero, paid by Zmenpos?, son of Zmethis; written probably by Pelaias, son of Ammonios;
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
26585	man	[Zmen]pos, son of Zmethis	[...]πως Ζμῆ[θ]ι̣ς̣	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

 

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Nero	11	Payni	26	65 June 20 CE	date in text;

 

Literature

• Kiessling, Emil & Preisigke, Friedrich & Bilabel, Friedrich & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VI (1963). (9604, 14)
• Müller, Wolfgang, Griechische Ostraka aus Elephantine/Syene II (1958). (2, no. 14.)

 

DatasetID	3432
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03432
Trismegistos	19121
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;6;9604_14
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 3432 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12099), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.