Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 37
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 37 |
| Publication Number |
O. Louvre 37 = SB XVI 12870 |
| 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, dark brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
51 mm | 72 mm | 14 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Complete. |
| 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. Greek faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Script, additional A |
Greek |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Language, additional A |
Greek, Ancient |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch. The text was placed centered onto the surface of the potsherd, with small margins at the sides. The upper part remains uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
58 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
30 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
58 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 |
Nechoutes, son of Pa[///], is confirmed by Espmetis, son of Petechonsis, of having paid the price of oil for Pachons in an amount of 1,5 obols. Greek mentioning of the tax collector and repetition of the rate in Greek ciphers. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Demotic receipt with Greek subscription: Mentioning of the tax collector and repetition of the rate in Greek ciphers. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | ı͗n Nꜣ-nḫṱ=f sꜣ Pꜣ-
Martin, Cary J., 1986, Review of Devauchelle, Ostraca, in: Chronique d’Égypte 61, 228 – 231, here 230 suggests instead of a filiation the title pꜣ rḫṱ „the laundryman“. ḏbꜥ.t 1½ |
2 | | (n) swn (n) nḥḥ (n) ı͗bd 1 šmw n-ḏr.t Ns-pꜣ-mty |
3a | | sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḫnsw ı͗bd 1 šmw sw ꜥrqi
1 Martin, Cary J., 1986, Review of Devauchelle, Ostraca, in: Chronique d’Égypte 61, 228 – 231, here 230 suggests instead of a filiation the title pꜣ rḫṱ „the laundryman“.
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1 | | Thus has brought Nechoutes, son of Pa-..?.. 1½ obols |
2 | | (for) the value (for) oil (for) Pachons. Issued by Espmetis, |
3a | | son of Petechonsis. 30th of Pachons. |
3b | | Through Exakestes: |
4 | | 1½ obols.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 6800 |
man |
Exakestes |
Ἐξακέστης (Gen. Ἐξηκέστου) |
Egyptian languages |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios III Euergetes |
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-247 BCE -221 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307203 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
4181 |
| Papyri.info |
hgv/4181 |
| Author |
Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Julia Puglisi (help with metadata) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307203 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 37), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
