Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 53
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 53 |
| Publication Number |
O. Louvre 53 |
| 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) |
65 mm | 110 mm | 7 mm |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Broken into two parts. The middle upper part at the break ist 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) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
All lines are damaged in the middle, some signs are faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch. The text was placed centered onto the upper half of the potsherd, while the lower one is coated with the original painting of the former vessel. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
86 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
29 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
86 x 29 |
0 |
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 |
Es[///] (female) is confirmed by Harpaesis, son of Pouoptis, of having paid the salt tax for the 2nd regnal year, in an amount of 1/4 kite. Countersigned by Esyris, 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 | | Thus has brought Es[///, son of NN], ¼ [silver kite] for the salt tax for the 2nd regnal year. Issued by |
2 | | Harpaesis, son of Pouoptis, in the 2nd regnal year, 24th of Epeiph. |
3 | | Countersigned by Esyris, son of Payris.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 7235 |
man |
Esyris, son of Payris |
Ns-Ḥr sꜢ Pa-Ḥr |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios III Euergetes |
02 |
Epeiph |
24 |
-245 September 7 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307259 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
49614 |
| 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 307259 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 53), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
