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Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 40

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 40
Publication Number O. Louvre 40
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) 57 mm | 54 mm | 8 mm
Range of Preservation complete
State of Preservation Small part lost at the upper left side.
Mounting (non [ostracon])

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) Complete, some signs are faded.
Script, Primary Middle Demotic
Language, Primary Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout Rather wide but inequal line pitch. The text beginns and ends close to the rims, above and below the text each a broader space remains uninscribed.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 3 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 54 0
Column Height (in mm) 35 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 54 x 35 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title receipt for the price of oil
Ancient Archives private archive | inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Ta-cher-aa, daughter of Pa-chnoumis, is confirmed by Petemestous, son of Patous, of having paid the price of oil for the 15th regnal year Phamenoth in an amount of 1,5 obols.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender - Activity of woman: tax payer - Identifier of woman: daughter of a man, additionally with his father

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
R
1ı͗n Tꜣ-ḫr-ꜥꜣ(.t) ta Pa-H̱nm sꜣ Pa-rṱ ḏbꜥ.t
21½ (n) swn (n) nḥḥ (n) ḥsb.t 15 ı͗bd 3 pr.t
3n-ḏr.t Pꜣ-ḏı͗-I͗mn-nsw-tꜣ.wy sꜣ Pa-tꜣ.wy
1Thus has brought Ta-cher-aa, daughter of Pachnoumis, son of Parates,
21½ obols (for) the value (for) oil (for) the 15th regnal year, Phamenoth.
3Issued by Petemestous, son of Patous.
Paris_Louvre_ODL_40_S1
Reserved Copyright
Paris_Louvre_ODL_40_00
Reserved Copyright
Paris_Louvre_ODL_40_IR
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
6815 woman Ta-cher-aa, daughter of Pachnoumis, son of Parates TꜢ-ḫr-ꜤꜢ ta Pa-H̱nm sꜢ Pa-rṱ pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Ptolemaios III Euergetes 15 Phamenoth -232 April 14 BCE -232 May 13 BCE internal dating, without name of the ruler;

 

Pictures

Paris_Louvre_ODL_40_S1
Reserved Copyright
Paris_Louvre_ODL_40_00
Reserved Copyright
Paris_Louvre_ODL_40_IR
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 307206
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 55568
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 307206 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 40), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).