Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 65
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 65 |
| Publication Number |
O. Louvre 65 |
| 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, light brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
60 mm | 100 mm | 8 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 |
Wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, with very small margins at the sides and on top. Only the lower left crotch remains uninscribed |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
85 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
42 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
85 x 42 |
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 |
Senmouthis, daughter of Psenpelaias, is confirmed by Harpaesis, son of Pouoptis, of having paid the salt tax for the 13th regnal year, in an amount of 1/4 kite. Countersigned by Spotous, son of Patous. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
- Activity of woman: tax payer
- Identifier of woman: daughter of a man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | Thus has brought Senmouthis, daughter of Psenpelaias, |
2 | | ¼ silver (kite) for the salt tax for the 13th regnal year. Issued by Harpaesis, son of Pouoptis, |
3 | | in the 12th regnal year, 6th of Epeiph. Countersigned by Spotous, son of Patous.
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios III Euergetes |
12 |
Epeiph |
06 |
-235 August 18 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307267 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
49618 |
| 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 307267 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 65), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
