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Ostr. Berlin P. 23

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Ostr. Berlin P. 23
Publication Number	O.Wilck. 1269
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	purchase 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
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Erman, Adolf Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Erman, Adolf Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, red
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	61 mm \| 78 mm \| 6 mm
Dating	between 113 and 114
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at right and bottom

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)	broken at right and bottom
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of Lucius Aurelius epiteretes
Comments on Text Layout	7 lines, right and lower parts broken off, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax ( laographia)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Lucius Aurelius epiteretes
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt for poll tax of year 16 of Trajan, paid by Bienchis, son of Psansnos und der Tap---, probably written and given out by Lucius Aurelius epiteretes in year 17 of Trajan.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	corr. l. 7: signature of Lucius Aurelius epiteretes
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	mother in filiation
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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convex

1	διέγραψεν Βιῆγχις Ψαν-
2	σνῶτος μητρὸς Ταπ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ὑπ(ὲρ)
3	λαογραφίας τοῦ ιϛ (ἔτους) Τραιανοῦ
4	τοῦ κυρίου ἐπὶ λόγου δραχ(μὰς)
5	ὀκτὼ (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η. (ἔτους) ιζ
6	Τραιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου
7	(month) ̣̅. διὰ Λο̣υκίου ¹ed. δραχ(μὰς) [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]
8	Αὐρηλίου ἐπιτ(ηρητοῦ).

¹ ed. δραχ(μὰς) [ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣]

convex

1	Thus has paid Bienchis, son of Psan-
2	snos and the mother Tap---, for
3	poll tax of year 16 of Trajan
4	the lord, on account, drachmas
5	eight, = 8 dr. Year 17
6	of Trajan the lord,
7	(month) ?. Through Lucius
8	[Aurelius, supervisor.]

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4614	man	Bienchis, son of Psansnos	Βιῆνχις Ψανσνως	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	17			113 August 29 CE 114 August 28 CE	date in text;

Literature

Wilcken, Ulrich, Griechische Ostraka aus Aegypten und Nubien. II. Texte (1899). (no. 1269.)

DatasetID	466
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	00466
Trismegistos	77653
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.wilck;;1269
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 466 (= Ostr. Berlin P. 23), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.