Unpublished Demotic NHb and Poll Tax Receipts from Medinet Habu

Nabil, Sara

doi:10.21608/iwnw.2023.315402

Unpublished Demotic NHb and Poll Tax Receipts from Medinet Habu

Document Type : Original Article

Author

Sara Nabil

Professor of Egyptology, Acting Head of the Department of Egyptology, Faculty of Archaeology, Ain Shams University, Egypt

10.21608/iwnw.2023.315402

Abstract

The present study aims at publishing 7 demotic ostraca from Medinet Habu now kept in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. This collection is a part of the Oriental Institute’s 1929-30 season of excavation at Medinet Habu[1] which started in 1924 under the supervision of James Henry Breasted and continued until 1933 as the whole site was excavated[2] as Lichtheim [3] published 160 pieces.The texts deal with NHb and Poll tax receipts from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. From the internal evidence as the handwriting and known scribes and taxpayers, the study could determine the date of each text.

[1] U. Höschler, Medinet Habu Reports vol. 2 The Architectural Survey (Chicago-Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1929-1930).
[2] U. Höschler, The Excavation of Medinet Habu vol. 1 General Plans and views (Chicago-Illinois: The University of Chicago Press, 1933).
[3] M. Lichtheim, Demotic Ostraca from Medinet Habu, (Chicago-Illinois: The University of Chicago Press,1957)

تهدف هذه الدراسة إلى نشر 7 إيصالات ديموطيقية مكتوبة على الأوستراكا من مدينة هابو ومحفوظة حاليا في المتحف المصري بالقاهرة، وهذه المجموعة هي جزء من حفائر المعهد الشرقي موسم 1929/1930 في مدينة هابو والتي بدأت في عام 1924 تحت إشراف جيمس هنري بريستد وحتى عام 1933، ولقد قامت ليشتهايم بنشر160 قطعة منهم. وتتناول النصوص إيصالات لضريبتيNHb والرأس من العصرين البطلمي والروماني ومن خلال بعض الدلائل، مثل: شكل الخط، وأسماء الكُتَّاب، ودافعي الضرائب المعروفين. أمكن تحديد تأريخ النصوص.

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