Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 88
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 88 |
| 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, grey |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
52 mm | 64 mm | 7 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 |
Rather small and irregular line pitch. The text covers the entire surface of the potsherd, with small margins only on top and at the bottom. The lines begin and end close to the rims. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
60 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
45 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
60 x 45 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for yoke 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 |
Pametis, son of Esouris, is confirmed by Eschnoumis, son of Esouris, of having paid
the last yoke tax for the 7th regnal year, in an amount of 3,5 kite, which fulfils in total 1 deben and 2,5 kite, as well as 3,5 kite for the 8th regnal year. |
| 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 Pa-mty sꜣ Ns-Ḥr ḥḏ qd 3½ |
2 | | r.mḥ ḥḏ dbn 1 qd 2½ r sttr 6¼ r ḥḏ dbn 1 qd 2½ ꜥn|
3 | | (n) pꜣy=f ḥḏ (n) nḥb (n) ḥsb.t 7 (ḥḏ) qd 3½ |
4 | | (n) ḥsb.t 8.t ..?.. n-ḏr.t Ns-H̱nm sꜣ Ns-Ḥr n ḥsb.t 9 ı͗bd 1 ꜣḫ.t sw 11
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1 | | Thus has brought Pametis, son of Esyris, 3 silver ½ kite, |
2 | | which fulfils 1 silver deben and 2½ kite, yields 6¼ staters, yields 1 silver deben and 2½ kite again, |
3 | | (for) his yoke tax (for) the 7th regnal year, (and) 3½ (silver) kite |
4 | | (for) the 8th regnal year ..?.. . Issued by Eschnoumis, son of Esyris, in the 9th regnal year, 11th of Thoth.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 7035 |
man |
Pametis, son of Esyris |
Pa-mtr sꜢ Ns-Ḥr |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
09 |
Thoth |
11 |
-277 November 6 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307237 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
49575 |
| 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 307237 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 88), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
