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Ostr. Berlin P. 12554

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12554
Publication Number	SB VI 9604, 2
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)	61 mm \| 100 mm \| 6 mm
Dating	between 79 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Text Layout	5 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax ( laographia)
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Sokrates praktor
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Praktor Sokrates for poll tax of year 11 of Vespasian, paid by Patsibtis, son of Petorzmethis, with signature of Sokrates.
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 Πατσεῖβτις Πετορζμήθιος
2	ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας ια (ἔτους) Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
3	τοῦ κυρίου Μεσορὴ ζ
4	ἀργυρίου (δραχμὰς) δέκα ἕξ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιϛ.
5	Σωκράτης ἔγραψα .

convex

1	Thus has paid Patsibtis, son of Petorzmethis,
2	for poll tax of year 11 of Vespasian
3	the lord, Mesore 7,
4	silver dr. sixteen, = 16 dr.
5	Sokrates, I have written.

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
Vespasian	11	Mesore	07	79 July 31 CE	date in text ;

Literature

Duttenhöfer, Ruth, Korrekturen zu Ostraka aus Elephantine III: Anmerkungen zu O.Bankes und verwandten Texten. (223)
Kiessling, Emil & Preisigke, Friedrich & Bilabel, Friedrich & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VI (1963). (9604, 2)
Müller, Wolfgang, Griechische Ostraka aus Elephantine/Syene II (1958). (2, no. 2.)
Reiter, Fabian, Vorschläge zu Lesung und Deutung einiger Steuerquittungen aus Elephantine (2018). (62, n. 10.)

DatasetID	3571
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03571
Trismegistos	19109
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;6;9604_2
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 3571 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12554), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.