Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 253
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 253 |
| Publication Number |
O. Louvre 253 |
| 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) |
63 mm | 60 mm | 75 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The right side is 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) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
The beginnings of all lines are lost today. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text was placed onto the upper half of the surface of the potsherd, with small margin at the left side, while the line length are beeing geared to the shape of the sherd. The lower part remains uninscribed. |
| |
recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
65 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
37 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
x+65 x 37 |
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 |
Pachnoumis, son of Phibis, is confirmed by Espmetis, son of Petechonsis, of having paid the price of oil for a lost regnal year, in an amount of 2 silver kite. Countersigned by Pelaias, son of Psenpoeris. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 6715 |
man |
Pachnoumis, son of Phibis |
Pa-H̱nm sꜢ PꜢ-hbꜢ |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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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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-246 BCE -222 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307211 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
55573 |
| 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 307211 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 253), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
