Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 36
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 36 |
| Publication Number |
O. Louvre 36 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Publication Permission Status |
(unknown) |
| Publication Status |
published |
Origin / Provenance
| Ancient Provenance Site |
Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt () [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
archaeological excavation
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
(unknown)
Certainty: high |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
unknown |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt () [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
(unknown) |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 0 and 0 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(unknown)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| Color |
pottery, light brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
72 mm | 67 mm | 8 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Complete, slight damage at the left rim. |
| Mounting |
(non [ostracon]) |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Complete, only the very last signs of the second line are broken away. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text was placed in the middle part of the potsherd, with line beginners and endings partly close to the rim. The upper and lower parts of approximately the same hight each remain uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
64 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
30 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
64 x 30 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for the price of oil |
| Ancient Archives |
private archive | inidividual tax payer |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Stamnaichnoumis, son of Pachnoumis, is confirmed by Espmetis, son of Petechonsis, of having paid the price of oil for the 11th regnal year Thoth in an amount of 1,5 obols. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | Thus has brought Stamnaichnoumis, son of Pachnoumis, |
2 | | 1½ obols (for) the value (for) oil (for) Thoth. Issued by Espmetis, |
3 | | son of Petechonsis. 11th regnal year, 29th of Thoth.
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios III Euergetes |
11 |
Thoth |
29 |
-237 November 14 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307202 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
55562 |
| Author |
Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307202 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 36), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
