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Reference (shelfmark):: Ostracon 5845
Title:: Receipt for survey tax of date groves (O.Wilck. II 14, TM 76595)
Scope & Content:: Receipt of Rufonius Antigonus for survey tax of date groves (geometria phoinikonon) of year 4 of Claudius, paid by Tyrannus in year 5.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 44-45
Extent:: 1 pottery sherd inscribed on convex side, broken off at right, 5 lines, housed in a carboard box.

Reference (shelfmark):: Ostracon 5878
Title:: Great Doxology with Miaphysite Trisagion (TM 65221)
Scope & Content:: Great Doxology with Miaphysite Trisagion in Greek. Obverse: Begins: 'ⳁ Δόξα ἐνὑψίστο[ις Θεῷ καὶ]... Ends: '...φωτί σου ὀψόμεθα φῶς.' Reverse: Begins: 'Παράτεινον τ̣ὸ̣ ἔλεός̣ σου...' Ends: '... ἐ̣λ̣έ̣η̣σ̣ο̣ν̣ ἡμᾶς ⳁ'. 14ἡμᾶςⳁ
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 4th quarter of the 6th century - 1st quarter of the 7th century
Extent:: 1 potsherd, incomplete, consisting of four fragments, three of which are housed in the British Library and one in the Metropolitan Museum in New York, written with black ink. There are 32 lines on the obverse and 14 lines on the reverse, which follow the shape of the ostracon. The outer surface of the central part of the sherd broke off at places, resulting in loss of some texts at the beginning of the hymn. The item is otherwise preserved well.

Reference (shelfmark):: Ostracon 12070
Title:: Receipt for contribution (O.Wilck. II 241, TM 76808)
Scope & Content:: Receipt of Ammonius and Socrates, the (two) tax collectors (praktores argyrikon) of Elephantine, through Pachompetenephotes for Menophilus the elder, son of Orbais and Tisatis, and for their son Harpaesis, for contribution (merismos) of the 23rd year of Antoninus.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 7 June 160
Extent:: 1 pottery sherd inscribed on one side, complete, 5 lines, housed in a carboard box.

Reference (shelfmark):: Ostracon 12071
Title:: Fragment of list of names (under publication TM 987466)
Scope & Content:: Remains of two columns of a name list; some entries with checking marks (dot).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 2nd century
Extent:: 1 potsherd, incomplete, broken on all sides, no margins, remains of 2 columns, 6 lines.

Reference (shelfmark):: Ostracon 12073
Title:: Fragment of receipt for contribution
Scope & Content:: Receipt of a collector of money taxes (praktor) of Elephantine, for a contribution (merismos).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 2nd century
Extent:: 1 potsherd, incomplete, broken at left and bottom, top and right margins, remains of 5 lines.

Reference (shelfmark):: Ostracon 12077
Title:: Receipt for the value of public dates (under publication TM 987468)
Scope & Content:: Receipt issued by Iulius Cornelianus and Germanus, tax collectors at Elephantine, for the value of public dates, on account of Petepoueris.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 150-153
Extent:: 1 potsherd, incomplete, broken at right and bottom, top and left margins, 6 lines.

Reference (shelfmark):: Ostracon 12078
Title:: Receipt for poll tax (under publication TM 987469)
Scope & Content:: Receipt issued by Ulpius Cerealis, tax farmer of the Sacred Gate of Syene, through the assistant Pachnoubis, for the poll tax (laographia) of year 2 of Marcus Aurelius and Verus, paid by the son of Ammonius.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 161-162
Extent:: 1 potsherd, incomplete, broken at left and bottom, top and right margins, 5 lines.

Reference (shelfmark):: Ostracon 12081
Title:: Tax receipt (under publication TM 987470)
Scope & Content:: Receipt issued by Hierax and Herodes, supervisors, through the assistants Marcus Annius Nemonianus and Serenus Junior, for the survey tax on palm groves, paid by a man on account of the son of Bienchis and another person.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 167-168
Extent:: 1 potsherd, incomplete, broken at right, top, left and bottom margins, 11 lines.

Reference (shelfmark):: Ostracon 12083
Title:: Receipt for poll tax (under publication TM 987471)
Scope & Content:: Fragment of a receipt issued by Iulius Sabinus, supervisor of the Sacred Gate (epiteretes), through the scribe Sarapion, for poll tax (laographia).
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 133-134
Extent:: 1 potsherd, incomplete, broken at right, top, left and bottom margins, 6 lines.

Reference (shelfmark):: Ostracon 12084
Title:: Receipt for survey tax on palm groves (under publication)
Scope & Content:: Receipt issued by the tax farmers Heraclides and Isidorus through the assistant Sarapion, for the survey tax on palm groves (γεωμετρίας φοινικῶνος) of year 4 of Antoninus, paid by Thinpsansnos in year 5 of Antoninus Pius.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Greek, Ancient
Date Range:: 141-142
Extent:: 1 potsherd, incomplete, broken at right, top, left and bottom margins, 4 lines.

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