Metadata
Text
Text: People
Text: Dates
Literature

Persons & Deities

Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 30

TEI-XML-File: https://p612399.webspaceconfig.de/xml/elephantine_erc_db_307222.tei.xml

Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 30
Publication Number	O. Louvre
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, brown
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	58 mm \| 73 mm \| 11 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.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Narrow pitch. The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, with only one broader and unequal margin on top.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	52	0
Column Height (in mm)	55	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	52 x 55	0

Text Content

Modern Title	receipt for the price of oil
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Phatres, son of Hartophnachtes
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Imouthes, son of Peteharpochrates, and his wife Herieus are confirmed by Phatres, son of Hartophnachthes, of having paid the price of oil for the 31str regnal year Phamenoth in an amount of 3 obols. Countersigned by Osoroeris, son of Horos.
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: wife of a man

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

R

1	ı͗n I͗y-m-ḥtp sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḥr-pꜣ-ẖrd
2	ḥnꜥ Hrı͗=w tꜣy=f rmṯ.t ḏbꜥ.t 3.t (n) swn
3	(n) pꜣ nḥḥ pꜣ tgm r.ḏı͗=w n=f (n) ḥsb.t 31
4	ı͗bd 3 pr.t n-ḏr.t Pꜣ-ḥtr
5	(sꜣ) Ḥr-tꜣy=f-nḫṱ ḥsb.t 31 ı͗bd 4 pr.t sw 18
6	sẖ Wsı͗r-wr sꜣ Ḥr

1	Have brought Imouthes, son of Petehapochrates,
2	and Herieus, his wife, 3 obols (for) the value
3	(for) the oil, the ricinus oil, which was brought to him (for) the 31st regnal year,
4	Phamenoth. Issued by Phatres,
5	(son) of Hartophnachthes. 31st regnal year, 18th of Pharmouthi.
6	Countersigned by Osoroeris, son of Horos.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
6920	woman	Herieus (ODL 30)	Hrỉ=w (ODL 30)	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos	31	Pharmuthi	18	-254 June 6 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

Literature

den Brinker, Anna Adriana & Muhs, Brian & Vleeming, Sven P., A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents (2005). (437)
Devauchelle, Didier, Ostraca démotiques du Musée du Louvre (1983). (90-91, pl. VIII no. 30)

DatasetID	307222
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	49606
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 307222 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 30), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).