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Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 266

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Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 266
Publication Number	O. Louvre 266
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, ochre-gelb
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	50 mm \| 65 mm \| 5 mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Left part broken off in undetermined extent.
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)	The ending of the first line is lost.
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, without margins. Only the lower right crotch remains uninscribed.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	65	0
Column Height (in mm)	35	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	x+65 x 35	0

Text Content

Modern Title	receipt for salt tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Patous, son of Horos
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Tapelaias, wife of Pasenis, is confirmed by Patous, son of Horos, of having paid the salt tax for the 7th regnal year, in an amount of 1/4 kite. Countersigned by Paretis, son of Payris.
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: wife of a man

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convex

1	ı͗n Ta- pꜣ -mr-ı͗ḥ tꜣ rmṯ.t n Pa-sny
2	ḥḏ qd ¼ n pꜣ dnı͗ n ḥmꜣ n ḥsb.t 7 n-ḏr.t Pa-tꜣ.wy sꜣ Ḥr ḥsb.t 6
3	ı͗bd 2 šmw sw 12
4	sẖ Pa-rṱ sꜣ Pa-Ḥr

convex

1	Thus has brought Tapelaias, the wife of Pasenis,
2	an amount of money of ¼ (kite) for the salt tax (for) the 7th regnal year. Issued by Patous, son of Horos. 6th regnal year,
3	12th of Payni.
4	Countersigned by Paratis, son of Payris.

Paris_Louvre_ODL_266_S

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
1540	man	Parates, son of Payris	Pa-rṱ sꜢ Pa-Ḥr	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios III Euergetes	06	Payni	12	-241 July 26 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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Paris_Louvre_ODL_266_S

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Literature

den Brinker, Anna Adriana & Muhs, Brian & Vleeming, Sven P., A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents (2005). (438)
Devauchelle, Didier, Ostraca démotiques du Musée du Louvre (1983). (117-118, pl. XXXVII no. 266)

DatasetID	307273
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	49620
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 307273 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 266), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).