Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 285
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 285 |
| 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) |
55 mm | 72 mm | 9 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 |
Small and irregular line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, on all sides geared to the outline shape of the rims. Only at the left side, a small and equal margin exists. The small crotch at the bottom remains uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
85 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
49 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
85 x 49 |
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 |
Onamounis, son of Pa-imen-taui, is confirmed by Harnouphis, son of Espmetis, of having paid
the yoke tax for the 6th regnal year, in an amount of 1 kite. The issuance was made on declaration of Pachnoumis, son of Payris. |
| 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 Wn-I͗mn sꜣ Pa-I͗mn-tꜣ.wy
Reading of the tax payer's name by Jan Moje, according to infra-red image. Reading of the father’s name according to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 436.ḥḏ qd 1 (n) ḥḏ nḥb |
2 | | n ḥsb.t 6 n-ḏr.t Ḥr-nfr sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mty
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3 | | r-ḫrw Pa-H̱nm sꜣ Pa-Ḥr n ḥsb.t 6 |
4 | | ı͗bd 3 šmw sw 26
1 Reading of the tax payer's name by Jan Moje, according to infra-red image. Reading of the father’s name according to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 436.
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1 | | Thus has brought Onamounis, son of Pamentous, 1 silver kite (for) the yoke tax |
2 | | for the 6th regnal year. Issued by Harnouphis, son of Espmetis. |
3 | | On declaration of Pachnoumis, son of Payris, in the 6th regnal year, |
4 | | 26th of Epeiph.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 7060 |
man |
Onamounis, son of Pamentous |
Wn-Imn sꜢ Pa-Ỉmn-tꜢ.wy |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
06 |
Epeiph |
26 |
-279 September 18 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307241 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
49578 |
| 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 307241 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 285), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
