Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 280

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 280
Publication Number	O. Louvre
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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 Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, ochre
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	50 mm \| 59 mm \| 11 mm
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	Upper left part lost on a small length.
Mounting	(non [ostracon])

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	The endings of the lines 1 - 2 are lost.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Wide pitch. The right-aligned text was placed centered onto the surface of the potsherd, with small but equal margins on all preserved sides. The short last line is centered.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	65	0
Column Height (in mm)	44	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	x+65 x 44	0

Modern Title	receipt for compulsory labor tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown [lost])
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Khery, son of Sisois, is confirmed by a lost person of having paid the compulsory labor tax for the 22th regnal year, in a lost amount. The issuance was made on declaration of ..?.., son of Samaus.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man

Transcription

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1	ı͗n H̱ry sꜣ Ṯꜣy-ḏı͗ ¹Reading of both names by Jan Moje, according to infra-red image.
2	n ḥḏ n ꜥrṱ n ḥsb.t 22 n-ḏr.t
3	r-ḫrw sꜣ Ṯꜣy-n.ı͗m=w ḥsb.t 22
4	ı͗bd 4 šmw sw 4

¹ Reading of both names by Jan Moje, according to infra-red image.

1	Thus has brought ..?.., son of S..?.. [///]
2	fοr the compulsory labor tax for the 22nd regnal year. Issued by [///].
3	On declaration of ..?.., son of Samaus. 22nd regnal year,
4	4th of Mesore.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
6940	man	..?.., son of Samaus	..?.. sꜢ ṮꜢy-n.ỉm=w	(not identified)

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos	22	Mesore	04	-263 September 22 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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DatasetID	307226
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	49565
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 307226 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 280), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).