Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 261

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 261
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, dark brown
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	62 mm \| 66 mm \| 10 mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The lower right (convex) respectively left part (concave) is lost today.
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)	Convex: Complete. Concave: The endings of line 3 - 4 are lost.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Convex: Wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire width of the potsherd, on top and at the bottom there are small strips remaining uninscribed. The line beginnings are geared to the outline shape of the rim. Concave: Wide line pitch. The right aligned text was placed ventered onto the inner surface of the potsherd. The crotch on top left and at the strip at the bottom remain uninscribed.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4	4
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	60	x+49
Column Height (in mm)	35	35
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	60 x 35	x+49 x 35

Text Content

Modern Title	receipt for yoke tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Eschnoumis, son of Esyris
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Convex: Pasenis, son of Espmetis, is confirmed by Eschnoumis, son of Esouris, of having paid the last yoke tax for the 8th regnal year, in an amount of 3 kite, which fulfils in total 4 kite. On the verso, the father Espmetis is confirmed for his own payment. Concave: Espmetis, son of Esouris, is confirmed by [Eschnoumis], son of Esouris, of having paid the last yoke tax for the 8th regnal year, in an amount of 3 kite, which fulfils in total 4 kite. On the recto, the payer Espmetis is mentioned within the yoke tax receipt for his son Pasenis.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man

Text

Transcription

Translation

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convex

cv1	ı͗n Pa-sny sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mty ḥḏ qd 3
cv2	r mḥ ḥḏ qd 4 ẖn pꜣy=f ḥḏ n nḥb
cv3	n-ḏr.t Ns-H̱nm sꜣ Ns-Ḥr n ḥsb.t 8
cv4	ı͗bd 4 ꜣḫ.t sw 11

concave

cc1	ı͗n Ns-pꜣ-mty ¹This seems to be the father of the payer mentioned in l. 1 rto. sꜣ Ns-Ḥr
cc2	ḥḏ qd 3 r.mḥ ḥḏ qd 4 ẖn pꜣy=f ḥḏ n
cc3	nḥb n ḥsb.t 8 n-ḏr.t Ns-H̱nm sꜣ Ns-Ḥr²But cf. A. A. Den Brinker - B. Muhs - S. P. Vleeming, A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic documents, Leuven 2005 (Studia Demotica 7 A-B), 435: Ns-H̱nm.n ḥsb.t 8

¹ This seems to be the father of the payer mentioned in l. 1 rto.
² But cf. A. A. Den Brinker - B. Muhs - S. P. Vleeming, A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic documents, Leuven 2005 (Studia Demotica 7 A-B), 435: Ns-H̱nm.

convex

cv1	Thus has brought Pasenis, son of Espmetis, an amount of money of 3 kite,
cv2	which fulfils an amount of money of 4 kite for his yoke tax.
cv3	Issued by Eschnoumis, son of Esyris, in the 8th regnal year,
cv4	11th of Choiak.

concave

cc1	Thus has brought Espmetis, son of Esyris,
cc2	an amount of money of 3 kite, which fulfils an amount of money of 4 kite for his yoke
cc3	tax for the 8th regnal year. [Issued by Eschnoumis]
cc4	son of Es[ouris, in the 8th regnal year ///]

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
7055	man	Espmetis, son of Esyris (B)	Ns-pꜢ-mtr sꜢ Ns-Ḥr (B)	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos	08	Choiak	11	-277 February 5 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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Literature

Devauchelle, Didier, Ostraca démotiques du Musée du Louvre (1983). (50-51, pl. XXXV no. 261)

DatasetID	307239
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	49577
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 307239 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 261), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).