Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 316
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 316 |
| 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, light red |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
80 mm | 117 mm | 10 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) |
The left part of line 2 is 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 broad but unequal margins at the left side. The lines are beginning immediately at the right rim. 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) |
80 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
30 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
x+80 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 |
Pouoptis, son of Harpaesis, is confirmed by a person whose name is lost of having paid the compulsory labor tax for the 35th regnal year, in an amount of 1 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 | | ı͗n Pꜣ-wp.ṱ sꜣ Ḥr-pa-ꜣs.t ḥḏ qd 1 (n) ḥḏ (n) ꜥlṱ.t |
2 | | n ḥsb.t 35 nty ı͗r ḥsb.t 36 According to Devauchelle, O. Louvre Dem. (1983), 37, pl. no. 316 the first date means the Egyptian regnal year counting, the second the financial year. This is also mentioned on Ostr. Berlin P. 12945. n-ḏr.t
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3 | | n ḥsb.t 35 ı͗bd 2 šmw sw 10+x
1 According to Devauchelle, O. Louvre Dem. (1983), 37, pl. no. 316 the first date means the Egyptian regnal year counting, the second the financial year. This is also mentioned on Ostr. Berlin P. 12945.
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1 | | Thus has brought Pouoptis, son of Harpaesis, 1 silver kite for the compulsory labor tax |
2 | | of the 35th regnal year, which is the 36th regnal year. Issued by [///] |
3 | | in the 35th regnal year, 10+xth Payni.
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
35 |
Payni |
10+y |
-250 July 27+y BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307232 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
55551 |
| 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 307232 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 316), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
