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Ostr. Berlin P. 12553

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12553
Publication Number	SB VI 9604, 4
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)	Zucker, Friedrich (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 1907 and 1907

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, red
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	173 mm \| 151 mm \| 4 mm
Dating	between 88 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 Sokrates
Comments on Text Layout	11 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	11
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax (laographia) and trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Sokrates praktor
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Praktor Sokrates for poll tax and trade tax of year 6 of Domitian, paid by Patsibtis, son of Petorzmethis in year 7 and 8, with signature of Sokrates.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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convex

1	διέγραψεν Πατσεῖβτις Πετορζμήθιος
2	ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας ἕκτου (ἔτους)
3	Δομιτιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίουἀργυρίου (δραχμὰς) η.
4	ὁμοίως ἄ̣λλας (δραχμὰς) ζ. ὁμοίως (δραχμὴν) α.
5	(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιϛ. Σωκράτης ἔγραψα.
6	ζ (ἔτους) Παχὼν β.
7	ὁμοίως ὁ αὐτὸς ὑπὲρ χιρωναξίου ¹ l. χει(ρωναξίου) ἕκτου (ἔτους)
8	Δομιτιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου
9	ἐπὶ λόγου (δραχμὰς) η. ὁμοίως (δραχμὰς) δ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ.
10	Σωκράτης ἔγραψα
11	η̣ (ἔτους) Θὼθ κζ.

¹ l. χει(ρωναξίου)

convex

1

Thus has paid Patsibtis, son of Petorzmethis,

2	for poll tax of the sixth year
3	of Domitian the lord silver dr. 8.
4	Ditto, further dr. 7. Ditto, 1 dr.,
5

= 16 dr. Sokrates, I have written.

6	Year 7, Pachon 2.
7	Ditto, the same for trade tax of the sixth year
8	of Domitian the lord,
9	on account, 8 dr. Ditto, 4 dr., = 12 dr.
10	Sokrates, I have written.
11	Year 8, Thoth 27.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
26590	man	Patsibtis, son of Petorzmethis I	Πατσῖβτις Πετορζμήθιος	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Domitian	08	Thoth	27	88 September 24 CE	date in text;

Literature

DatasetID	3570
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03570
Trismegistos	19111
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;6;9604_4
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 3570 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12553), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.