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Ostr. Berlin P. 12670

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 12670
Publication Number	SB VI 9604, 17
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)	Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors) Certainty: high
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)	73 mm \| 104 mm \| 6 mm
Dating	between 62 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 Ruphonius Antigonos
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	Sarapion scribe 1
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt for poll tax of year 11 of Hadrian, given out by the assistant Sarapion, paid by Pelaias, son of Heriechnoubis.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. l. 2 name: Heriechno(ubeos), vgl. P.Köln II 115, OGL 57 und 470
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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convex

1	διὰ Σαραπίωνος βοηθοῦ.
2	διέγραψεν Πελαίας Ἑρι̣ε̣χ̣ν̣ο̣ύβεως ¹ed. Ἑρι̣--[--]
3	ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας τοῦ ἑνδεκάτου ἔ̣τ̣ο̣υ̣ς̣
4	Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
5	ἐπὶ λόγου δραχμὰς ὀκτώι ² l. ὀκτώ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η.
6	ἐπαγομένων β̅.

¹ ed. Ἑρι̣--[--]
² l. ὀκτώ

convex

1	Through the assistant Sarapion.
2	Thus has paid Pelaias, son of Heriechnoubis,
3	for poll tax of the eleventh year
4	of Hadrian Caesar the lord,
5	on account, eight drachmas, = 8 dr.,
6	on the second epagomene.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4803	man	Pelaias, son of Heriechnoubis	Πελαιας Ἑρι̣ε̣χ̣ν̣ο̣(ύβεως)	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Hadrian	11	Epagomenen	02	127 August 25 CE	date in text;

Literature

Kiessling, Emil & Preisigke, Friedrich & Bilabel, Friedrich & Rupprecht, Hans-Albert, Sammelbuch griechischer Urkunden aus Ägypten VI (1963). (9604, 17)
Müller, Wolfgang, Griechische Ostraka aus Elephantine/Syene II (1958). (3, no. 17.)

DatasetID	3594
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03594
Trismegistos	19124
Papyri.info	ddbdp/sb;6;9604_17
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 3594 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 12670), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning; Ruth Duttenhöfer.