Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 44
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 44 |
| Publication Number |
O. Louvre 44 / SB XVI 12871 |
| 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 red |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
80 mm | 65 mm | 11 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
On the left side there are some small parts lost today. |
| 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. The endings of the Demotic lines 1-2 and the beginning of the Greek line 4. Some signs are 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 is right-aligned and was placed centered in the middle third onto the surface of the potsherd, with a broad margin at the right side. The parts on top and at the bottom have a similar height and remain uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
55 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
35 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
55+y 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 |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Pais, son of Pasounet, is confirmed by Espmetis, son of Petechonsis, of having paid the price of oil for the 10th regnal year Mesore, in an amount of 1,5 obols. Greek subscription mentioning the tax farmer not given in the demotic part, the tax type, and the amount in Greek numerals. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Greek subscription mentioning the tax farmer not given in the demotic part, the tax type, and the amount in Greek numerals. |
| 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 | | Thus has brought Pais, son of Pasounet, 1½ obols |
2 | | (for) oil (for) Mesore. Issued by Espme[tis], [son of] [Petechonsis], |
3 | | 10th regnal year, 25th(?)of Pharmouthi. |
4 | | [Through] Exakestes: price of oil, |
5 | | 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 |
10 |
Mesore |
25 |
-237 June 8 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307210 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
4182 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/sb;16;12871 |
| 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 307210 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 44), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
