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Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 1389

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 1389
Publication Number O. Louvre 1389 / SB XVI 12882
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: unknown
Finder (= First Purchaser) (unknown)
Certainty: unknown
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) 42 mm | 67 mm | 12 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
Script, additional A Greek
Language, Primary Ptolemaic Demotic
Language, additional A Greek, Ancient
Comments on Text Layout Wide line pitch. The right-aligned text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, with small margins on the lateral sides and a broader one on top. In the lower left corner not covered by the Demotic, the short Greek subscription was positioned.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 4 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 95 0
Column Height (in mm) 55 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 95 x 55 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title receipt for salt tax
Ancient Archives private archive | inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content Tayris, wife of Phibis, is confirmed by Phatres, son of Hartophnachthes, of having paid the salt tax for the 32nd regnal year, in an amount of 1/4 kite. Greek subscription by Petepiphis (according to the script) with repetition of the tax type and amount in Greek currency.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual) Greek subscription with repetition of the tax type and amount in Greek currency.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Bilingual Script = Language
Gender Woman Man
Comment on Gender - Activity of woman: tax payer - Identifier of woman: wife of a man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1ı͗n Ta-Ḥr 1Reading J. MOJE according to infra-red image. Devauchelle, O. Louvre Dem. (1983), 126-127 no. 1389 reads Ta-.?.-Ḥr. tꜣ rmṯ.t Pꜣ-hb 2Reading according to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 439.
2ḥḏ qd ¼ (n ḥḏ n) ḥmꜣ (n) ḥsb.t 32 n-ḏr.t Pꜣ-ḥtr (sꜣ) Ḥr-tꜣy=f-nḫṱ
3ḥsb.t 32 /// sw 22

1 Reading J. MOJE according to infra-red image. Devauchelle, O. Louvre Dem. (1983), 126-127 no. 1389 reads Ta-.?.-Ḥr.
2 Reading according to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 439.
convex
4 ἁλικῆς 𐅾
1Thus has brought Tayris, the wife of Phibis,
2¼ silver kite for the salt (tax for) the 32nd regnal year. Issued by Phatres, (son) of Hartophnachthes.
332nd regnal year, 22nd of ⸢///⸣
4For the salt tax: 3 obols.
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
7475 woman Tayris, the wife of Phibis Ta-Ḥr tꜢ rmṯ.t PꜢ-hb pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos 32 22 -254 October 22 BCE -253 October 20 BCE internal dating, without name of the ruler;

 

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Literature

 

DatasetID 307286
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 4193
Author Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Emil Joubert (bibliography); Julia Puglisi (help with metadata)
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 307286 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 1389), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Emil Joubert (bibliography); Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).