| Title | Accounts |
|---|---|
| Citations | |
| Inv. Id | O. OIM 19291 |
| Support/Dimensions | Ostracon ; 6.3 x 8.0 cm |
| Lines | On recto: 6 lines in Demotic |
| Recto/Verso | Source of description: On recto: accounts |
| Hands | The word or name in line 5 is preserved, but Muhs could not propose a plausible reading. The number of debens in line 5 runs over the edge of the ostracon and is illegible. |
| Origin | Thebes (?) |
| Language | Demotic |
| Date | IInd - Ist century B.C. |
| Note (general) | Catalogue no. 3; Nelson collection no. N257. If this ostracon is correctly dated and if it concerns burial tax, then this may be one of several choachytes named Horos listed in Pestman (1993), p. 14-25. The phrase in lines 3 and 6 is reminiscent of the qualification of the deceased in early Ptolemaic burial tax receipts, "who was brought to the necropolis." 70 deben is 1400 drachmas, an enormous sum if calculated on the silver standard, compared to the 1 drachma or 7 obols normally paid for the burial tax in the early Ptolemaic period. Therefore, it was probably calculated on the copper standard used after 210 B.C. |
| Note (general) | Location: Oriental Institute |
| Note (general) | Pub. status: Published: recto |
| Subjects | Accounts; Documentary; Ostracon |
| Associated Names | Horos; Senthotes |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
OIM 19291, recto: (1) Day 26(?) the receipt (2) from the hand of Horos in the name of two people (3) who were brought out (on) day 25(?): (4) Senthotes, 70 deben; (5) burial of... (?) deben. (6) Day 27(?), another man who was brought
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