Main Record
Description
- Inventory Number
- O.Mich.inv. 4457
- Processing Number
- 300
Background and Physical Properties
- Publ./Side
- Recto and Verso
- Material
- Ost
- Size
- 15 x 13.5 cm
- Items
- 3
- Lines
- Recto - 12;
- Verso - 4
- Mounted
- No
- Negative
- No
- Conservation Status
- Broken off at the bottom. The ostracon is reported as missing. (7/20/2000)
- Status
- published
- Library
- Kelsey Museum
Contents
- Date
- (Probably) 211/210 B.C.
- Origin
- perhaps Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Provenance
- perhaps Philadelphia, Herakleidou meris, Arsinoite nome, Egypt
- Acquisition
- purchased by Dr. D.L. Askren; acquired from him in 1926
- Language
- Greek
- Genre
- Documentary
- Author
- Unknown
- Type of Text/Title of Work
- Money Account
- Content
- Account of expenses and of repayment of a debt
- Subject Headings
- Accounts--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Architects and builders--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- 650: Drachma.
- Debtor and creditor--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Talentum (The Latin word)
- Wages--Skilled labor--Egypt--Philadelphia (Extinct city)
- Persons
- Genes (see T. Reekmans, CE 27 [1952] p. 409-410);
- (unnamed) ergatai
- Translation
- (Recto)
- Concerning(?) Genes.
- From Epeiph 21 to Phaophi 21, Genes brought for the house an expense of 3 talents 4450 dr.
- And for the sand, from the 10th of Mesore of year 12 until the 25th, 23 workers: 460 dr.
- And as mender's wages for the bandage: 240 (dr.)
- And what I . . . to Glaukias, son of Asklepiades(?): 22[. .] (dr.)
- For the roof [of the] building: [- - -]
- (Verso)
- I have, in Pachon, what is owed to me: 1000 dr.
- i have, in Thoth of year 14, another 4000 dr. Remainder: he owes 150 dr. I have received them.
Information on Publications
- Publications
-
Series and Volume Editor Year Pg/Nr Photo SB Preferred Citation Corrections OMich I Amundsen L 1935 1 Pl. I Amundsen L, OMich I, 1, 1935, Pl. I -- BL III, 260-261 (l.1, 3, 4, 7, 9); BL VII, 287 (date; l. 8, 9, 10) BL III, 260-261 (l.1, 3, 4, 7, 9); BL VII, 287 (date; l. 8, 9, 10)
Information on Publications--Bibliography
- Bibliography
- K.F.W. Schmidt, Phil.Woch. 56 (1936) p. 714-715; H.I. Bell, JEA 24 (1938) p. 137; T. Reekmans, CE 27 (1952) p. 409-410; T. Reekmans, Stud.Hell. 5 (1948) p. 21, n. 2; W. Clarysse, CE 51 (1976) p. 163
Cataloging
- Cataloger
- PH
- Year Begin
- -211
- Year End
- -210
Other Views
| unspecified | summary |
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300 |
