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Persons & Deities

Ostr. Berlin P. 1

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 1
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 301
Current Location	magazine \| papyrus depository
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: medium
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	purchase Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Erman, Adolf 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	purchase
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1885 and 1885
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Erman, Adolf Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, red
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	117 mm \| 135 mm \| 12 mm
Dating	between 150 and 250
Criteria for Dating	palaeography
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	surface abraded at the margins

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, hand unknown; signature of Hatres (praktor sitikon)
Comments on Text Layout	8 lines, complete, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	8
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for wheat
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown) Hatres (praktor sitikon)
Text Types	documentary \| receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Pkylis, son of Prompiouthes, and Petorzmethis, son of Hermion, through Apollas and Hatres, collectors of wheat taxes, for the merismos of herdsmen (poimenon?) overfor 6 artabs of wheat, paid by Petorzmethis, son of Petorzmethis, grandson(?) of Bouk.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	names in first line doubtful corr: date can be either 205 or 234, since the tax payer is also attested in O.Cairo Shereen 87 from 219-220
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

convex

1	Πκῦλις Προμπιούθης καὶ Πετορζμῆθις
2	Ἑρμίωνος διὰ Ἀπολλωτᾶ καὶ Ἁτρῆ
3	πράκτορες σιτικῆς Σοήνης. ἐμέτρησεν Πε-
4	τορζμῆθις Πετορζμήθιος τοῦ Βοὺκ
5	ὑπὲρ μερισμοῦ ποιμένων? πυροῦ ἀρτάβας
6	ἓξ (γίνονται) (πυροῦ) (ἀρτάβαι) ϛ λημμάτων ιγ (ἔτους).
7	(ἔτους) ιγ // Παχὼν κβ.
8	Ἁτρὴς σεσημείωμαι .

convex

1	Pkylis, son of Prompiouthes, and Petorzmethis,
2	son of Hermion, through Apollotas and Hatres,
3	collectors of wheat at Syene. Thus has measured
4	Petorzmethis, son of Petorzmethis, grandson of Bouk,
5	for the contribution of herdsmen (?) of wheat artabas
6	six, = 6 art. of wheat for the accounting of year 13.
7	Year 13, Pachon 22.
8	(hand 2) Hatres, I have signed.

Places (read out from edition)

Σοήνης (places.xml#8)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
19265	man	Apollotas prak.sitik.	Ἀπολλωτᾶ	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Septimius Severus + Caracalla + Geta	13	Pachons	22	205 May 17 CE	emperor not certain; alternative date under Severus Alexander;

Literature

DatasetID	456
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	00456
Trismegistos	76864
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;301
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 456 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 1), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.