Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 297

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 297
Publication Number	O.Louvre 297v
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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 Type	ostracon
Color	pottery, light brown
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	44 mm \| 56 mm \| 11 mm
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	Complete.
Mounting	(non [ostracon])
Comments on Object	Small, round hole through the sherd

Localization of Text on Object	convex/concave (outside/inside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	Complete, but several signs are faded.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Convexe: Wide line pitch. The text was placed onto the upepr two-third of the surface of the potshed, while the line beginnings are closed to the right rim. The lower third remains uninscribed. Concave: Wide but unsteady line pitch. The text was placed onto the upepr two-third of the surface of the potshed, with a small margin on the right side, with the Text beeing right-aligned. The upper right crotch and the lower third remain uninscribed.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	3	4
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	60	65
Column Height (in mm)	40	35
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	60 x 40	65 x 35

Modern Title	receipt for the price of oil and receipt for salt tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Pa-..?.., son of Komoapis [///], son of Panouphis
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Recto: Snebthys, daughter of Stamnaichnoumis, is confirmed by [///], son of Panouphis, of having paid the rate for the price of oil for the 27th regnal year, in an amount of 1 obol. Verso: Snebthys, daughter of Stamnaichnoumis, is confirmed by Pa-..?.,. son of Komoapis, of having paid the salt tax for the 27th regnal year, in an amount of 3 obols.
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

Transcription

Translation

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1	ı͗n Ns-Nb.t-ḥ.t ta Sḏm-n=y-H̱nm ¹Reading J. Moje, according to infra-red image.
2	ḏbꜥ.t 1.t n swn n pꜣ nḥḥ ²Reading J. Moje, according to infra-red image. n ı͗bd 3 šmw n-ḏr.t
3	sꜣ Pa-nfr ḥsb.t 27 ³Reading J. Moje, according to infra-red image. ı͗bd 4 šmw sw 29

¹ Reading J. Moje, according to infra-red image.
² Reading J. Moje, according to infra-red image.
³ Reading J. Moje, according to infra-red image.

concave

1	Thus has brought Snebthys [daughter of Stamnaichnoumis,]
2	1 obole for value for oil for Epeiph. [Issued by[ [NN],
3	son of Panouphis. [27th regnal year,] 29th of Mesore.
cc 1	Thus has brought Snebthys,
cc 2	daughter of Stamnaichnoumis, 3 obols
cc 3	(for) the salt tax for the 27th regnal year. [_] Issued by Pa-..?..,
cc 4	son of Komoapis. 27th regnal year, 18th of Pharmouthi.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
7410	woman	Snebthys, daughter of Stamnaichnoumis	Ns-Nb.t-ḥ.t ta Sḏm-n=y-H̱nm	pre-Coptic Egyptian

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos	27	Mesore	29	-258 October 16 BCE	First receipt. Internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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DatasetID	307278
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	55604
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 307278 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 297), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).