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Ostr. Berlin P. 12559

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12559
Publication Number	SB VI 9604, 7
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)	Zucker, Friedrich (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 1907 and 1907

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, red
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	118 mm \| 100 mm \| 5 mm
Dating	between 90 and 91
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	Surface abraded and damaged.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	suface damaged and abraded
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, roman cursive, hand of Sokrates
Comments on Text Layout	10 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	10
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 10 of Domitian, paid by Patsibtis, son of Petorzmethis, a pastophoros, in installments, 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	Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion	tax payer is a pastophoros, lower rank temple personel

Text

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1	διέγρ̣α̣ψεν Πατσεῖβτις Π̣ετορζμήθιος
2	παστοφόρος ὑπὲρ λαογρ̣αφίας δεκ̣άτ̣ου (ἔτους)
3	Δομιτιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίο̣υ̣ ἐ̣π̣ὶ λόγου
4	(δραχμὰς) τέσσαρα̣ς̣ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) δ. ὁμοίως (δραχμὰς) δ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η. ὁμ̣οίως (δραχμὰς) δ
5	(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ. ὁμοίως (δραχμὰς) γ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιε. ὁμ(οίως) (δραχμὴν) α (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιϛ.
6	Σωκράτης πράκτωρ ἔ̣γραψα.
7	ὁ̣ α̣ὐ̣τ̣ὸ̣ς̣ ὁ̣μοίως ὑπ(ὲρ) χει(ρωναξίου) ι (ἔτους) ἐ̣π̣ὶ̣ λόγου (δραχμὰς) γ. ὁμοίως
8	ἄλλας (δραχμὰς) δ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ζ̣. ὁ̣μοίως (δραχμὰς) δ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ια.
9	ὁμοίως (δραχμὴν) α (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιβ.
10	Σωκράτης πράκτωρ ἔγραψα.

convex

1	Thus has paid Patsibtis, son of Petorzmethis,
2	shrine-bearer, for poll tax of the tenth year
3	Domitian the lord, on account,
4	four dr., = 4 dr. Ditto, 4 dr., = 8 dr. Ditto, 4 dr.,
5	= 12 dr. Ditto, 3 dr., = 15 dr. Ditto, 1 dr., = 16 dr.
6	Sokrates, collector, I have written.
7	The same, ditto, for trade tax of year 10, on account, 3 dr. Ditto,
8	further 4 dr., = 7 dr. Ditto, 4 dr, = 11 dr.
9	Ditto, 1 dr., = 12 dr.
10	Sokrates, collector, 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			90 August 29 CE 91 August 28 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, 7)
Müller, Wolfgang, Griechische Ostraka aus Elephantine/Syene II (1958). (4-5, no. 7.)
Reiter, Fabian, Vorschläge zu Lesung und Deutung einiger Steuerquittungen aus Elephantine (2018). (62, n. 10.)

DatasetID	3574
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03574
Trismegistos	19114
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;6;9604_7
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 3574 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12559), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.