Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 49
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 49 |
| Publication Number |
O. Louvre 49 |
| 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, brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
55 mm | 88 mm | 6 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The upper left part is broken. |
| Mounting |
(non [ostracon]) |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex/concave |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
All line endings are broken off in undetermined extent.
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| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Exterior
Wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, with a small margin at the right side, the text beginnings are geared to the outline shape of the rim. The lower left crotch remains uninscribed.
Interior
The text was placed onto a small middle strip of the potsherd ranging to the right rim, while the upper and lower parts remain uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
2 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
55 |
55+y |
| Column Height (in mm) |
40 |
18 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
55+y x 40 |
55+y x 18 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for salt 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 |
Pa[///] is confirmed by Psentotes, son of Esp[///] of having paid the salt tax for a lost regnal year, in an amount of 1 2/3 kite + 0,5 obols. Countersigned by Imouthes, son of Eskasothes and on the verso by Potemetous, son of Psentotes. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios III Euergetes |
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Payni |
29 |
-246 BCE -222 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307256 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
49613 |
| 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 307256 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 49), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
