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Ostr. Berlin P. 12668

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12668
Publication Number	SB VI 9545, 14
Current Location	exhibition \| Neues Museum, Berlin
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]
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1906 and 1908

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, red brown
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	83 mm \| 100 mm \| mm
Dating	between 98 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, highly stylized roman cursive, hand of Psansnos, 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	Psansnos, son of Ammonios (praktor)
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt for poll tax for year 1 of Trajan, paid by Paterzmethis, son of Patransnouphis, signed and written by Psansnos, son of Ammonios.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. date: mesore 30=23 Aug. all writings with eu are changed to ou
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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convex

1	διέγραψεν Πατερζμῆθις
2	Πατρανσνούφιος ὑπὲρ λαγφίας ¹l. λαογραφίας τοῦ α (ἔτους)
3	Τραιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου Μεσορὴ λ ²ed. α
4	τὰς λυπὰς ³ l. λοιπὰς δραχμὰς τέσσαρες
5	(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) δ. Ψανσνῶς Ἀμμωνίου
6	ἔγραψα.

¹ l. λαογραφίας
² ed. α
³ l. λοιπὰς

convex

1	Thus has paid Paterzmethis,
2	son of Patransnouphis, for poll tax of year 1
3	of Trajan the lord, Mesore 30,
4	the remaining four drachmas,
5	= 4 dr. Psansnos, son of Ammonios,
6	I have written.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
26305	man	Paterzmethis, son of Patransnouphis	Πατερζμῆθις Πατρανσνούφιος	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	01	Mesore	30	98 July 25 CE	date in text;

Literature

Kiessling, Emil & Preisigke, Friedrich & Bilabel, Friedrich & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VI (1963). (9545, 14)
Müller, Wolfgang, Griechische Ostraka (1958). (198, no. 14.)

DatasetID	3592
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03592
Trismegistos	19076
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;6;9545_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 3592 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12668), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.