Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 282
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 282 |
| 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, ochre |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
64 mm | 84 mm | 9 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Complete, only a small damage of the surface in the upper right corner. |
| 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 signs are faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The right-aligned text was placed onto the upper half of the potsherd, with small but equal margins on top and at the lateral sides. The lower part remains uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
70 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
30 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
70 x 30 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for compulsory labor tax |
| 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 |
Seharpchepesh, son of Petosiris, is confirmed by Pachnoumis, son of Espmetis, of having paid the compulsory labor tax for the 27th regnal year, in an amount of 0,5 kite. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Thus has brought Seharpchepesh, son of Petosiris, |
2 | | ½ [silver kite] (for) the compulsory labor tax (for) the 27th regnal year. Issued by Pachnoumis, |
3 | | son of Espmetis. 27th regnal year, 9th of Payni.
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
27 |
Payni |
09 |
-258 July 28 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307227 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
55547 |
| 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 307227 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 282), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
