O.Skeat 3 / Recto

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Record Details

Inventory Number
O.Skeat 3
Processing Number
1191
Section/Side
Recto
Image Side
Recto

Background and Physical Properties

Publ./Side
Recto; Verso is blank
Connections
-
Material
Ost
Size
5.8 x 8.7 cm.
Items
1
Lines
1-8
Mounted
No
Negative
No
Conservation Status
Red ostracon miscoloured by the dirt on the surface. The top of this ostracon has broken off.
Palaeographic Description
The text written in a fairly fast semicursive, consists largely of abbreviations, symbols, and numerals.
Status
published
Library
Ann Arbor

Contents

Date
(early) Ist century A.D.
Origin
unknown
Provenance
Thebes, the Thebaid, Upper Egypt, province of Egypt
Acquisition
purchased at Luxor in November 1933 by T. C. Skeat and donated in 1948 to the University of Michigan
Language
Greek
Genre
documentary
Author
unknown
Type of Text/Title of Work
account
Content
An account of payments in kind expressed in gomoi or "loads", a measure used frequently for chaff, but found also with other products, e. g. wheat, hay, dates, anise, and wood. Since the payment recorded in line 7 follows immediately on a statement of areas, and chaff assessments are known to have been been based on the aroura, the account may very well be concerned with collections of chaff. And if line 5 has been interpreted correctly, the entire account is probably devoted to dues collected from the priestly corporation of a temple.
Persons
-
Geographica
-
Translation
" gomoi 3 1/2 1/4, of which gomoi 3, remaining of a gomos 1/2 1/4, of which . . . of a gomos 1/3 1/24; and 10 lemysae 1/2 1/4 arouras, of arouras 1 1/4 and 20 1/4, gomoi 7, in total gomoi 10 1/24."

Information on Publications

Publications
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections
TAPA 81 Youtie HC 1950 104-5 SB 9113 Youtie HC, TAPA 81, 104-5, 1950 -- SB 9113
Scriptiunculae I H C Youtie 1973 218-219 H C Youtie, Scriptiunculae I, 218-219, 1973

Cataloging

Cataloger
TC
Year Begin
1
Year End
50

Technical Details

Record
1191
Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1191/o_sk3r.tif

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"O.Skeat 3; Recto." In the digital collection Advanced Papyrological Information System (APIS UM). https://quod.lib.umich.edu/a/apis/x-1191/o_sk3r.tif. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 10, 2025.
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