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Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 275

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 275
Publication Number O. Louvre 275
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, red brown
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) 50 mm | 58 mm | 8 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. Some signes are faded.
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 and inequal margins at the sides. On top, a slightly broader margin exists. The lower part remains uninscribed.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 3 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 75 0
Column Height (in mm) 30 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 75 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
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Paretis, son of Teos, is confirmed by Espmetis, son of Petechonsis, of having paid the price of oil for the 11th regnal year, Epeiph, 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 Pictures
convex
1ı͗n Pa-rṱ sꜣ Ḏd-ḥr 1Reading of the father's name by Jan Moje, according to infra-red image. ḏbꜥ.t 1.t ½ n
2swn n nḥḥ n ı͗bd 3 šmw n-ḏr.t Ns-pꜣ-mty
3sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḫnsw ḥsb.t 11 ı͗bd 3 šmw sw 8

1 Reading of the father's name by Jan Moje, according to infra-red image.
convex
1Thus has brought Parates, son of Teos, 1 ½ obols (for)
2value (for) oil (for) Epeiph. Issued by Espmetis,
3son of Petechonsis. 11th regnal year, 8th of Epeiph.
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
6855 man Parates, son of Teos Pa-rṱ sꜢ Ḏd-ḥr pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Ptolemaios III Euergetes 11 Epeiph 08 -236 August 20 BCE internal dating, without name of the ruler;

 

Pictures

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Literature

 

DatasetID 307212
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 55574
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 307212 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 275), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).