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Ostr. Berlin P. 12558

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12558
Publication Number	SB VI 9604, 6
Current Location	missing \| since 1985
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
Dating	between 91 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	(undecidable)
State of Preservation	damaged on left and right

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)	damaged on right and left
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, roman cursive, hand of Sokrates
Comments on Text Layout	9 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	9
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax (laographia)
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 10 of Domitian, paid by Patsibtis, son of Petorzmethis in installments, with signature of Sokrates.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok (missing)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

convex

1	διέγραψεν Πατσῖβτις Πετορζμίθιος
2	ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας δεκάτου (ἔτους)
3	Δομιτιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ
4	κυρίου Μεσορὴ γ̣ ἀ̣ργ(υρίου) (δραχμὰς) ε
5	(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ε.
6	ὁμοίως̣ (δραχμὰς) τέσσαρα̣ς (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) θ.
7	ὁμοίως ἄλλας (δραχμὰς) τέσσαρα̣ς
8	(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιγ. ὁμοίως (δραχμὰς) γ
9	(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιϛ. Σωκράτη(ς) ἔγρ(αψα)?

convex

1	Thus has paid Patsibtis, son of Petorzmethis,
2	for poll tax of the tenth year
3	of Domitian Caesar the
4	lord, Mesore 3, silver dr. 5,
5	= 5 dr.
6	Ditto, four dr., = 9 dr.
7	Ditto, further four dr.,
8	= 13 dr. Ditto, 3 dr.,
9	= 16 dr. (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
Domitian	10	Mesore	03	91 July 27 CE	date in text;

Literature

Duttenhöfer, Ruth, Korrekturen zu Ostraka aus Elephantine III: Anmerkungen zu O.Bankes und verwandten Texten. (222-223)
Kiessling, Emil & Preisigke, Friedrich & Bilabel, Friedrich & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VI (1963). (9604, 6)
Müller, Wolfgang, Griechische Ostraka aus Elephantine/Syene II (1958). (4, no. 6.)

DatasetID	3573
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03573
Trismegistos	19113
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;6;9604_6
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 3573 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12558), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.