Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 269

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 269
Publication Number	O. Louvre 269
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

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	The text is heavily faded.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Narrow and unstady line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, with a small margins at the right side. In the lower part, one single line is written, rotated 180 ° and not belonging to the main text.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	9	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	67	0
Column Height (in mm)	65	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	67 x 65	0

Modern Title	receipt for an unidentified tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Pachnoumis, son of Espmetis (ODL 269)
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Paptah, son of [///], is confirmed by Pachnoumis, son of Espmetis, of having paid the rate of an unidentified tax for the 13th regnal year, in an amount of 10 silver deben. Countersigned by Imouthes, son of Eskasothes, and Potemetous, son of Psintotoes. The last line rotaded 180° mentiones a further payment by Pelaias, son of Phthoumonthes.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man

Transcription

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1	ı͗n Pa-Ptḥ sꜣ
2	n ḥsb.t 13
3
4	Pꜣ-mr-ı͗ḥ sꜣ Tꜣ-šr.t-tꜣ-ḥwry- ḥḏ qd 2 ¹Surface of the pothserd uneven. ḏbꜥ.t 1.t ½
5	n-ḏr.t Pa-H̱nm sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mty ḥsb.t 13 ı͗bd 2 pr.t sw 1
6	sẖ I͗y-m-ḥtp sꜣ Ns-qꜣy-šw.ty
7	sẖ Pꜣ-wḏꜣ-mtw=s sꜣ Pꜣ-šr-Twtw n ḥsb.t 13
8	ı͗bd 2 pr.t sw 1 ḏı͗=f ḥḏ dbn 10
9	ı͗n Pꜣ-mr-ı͗ḥ sꜣ Pꜣ-ftw-Mnṱ

¹ Surface of the pothserd uneven.

1	Thus has brought Paptah, son of ⸢..?..⸣
2	⸢..?..⸣ for the 13th regnal year ⸢..?..⸣
3	⸢..?..⸣
4	Pelaias, (son) of Senthouri-..?.. 2 silver kite [_] and 1½ obols.
5	Issued by Pachnoumis, son of Espmetis. 13th regnal year, 1st of Mecheir.
6	Countersigned by Imouthes, son of Esqaishouti.
7	Countersigned by Potemetous, son of Psintotoes, in the 13th regnal year,
8	1st of Mecheir: He has given 10 silver deben.
9	Thus has brought Pelaias, son of Phthoumonthes.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
16980	man	Imouthes, son of Eskasothes (BM EA 14159 u.a.)	Ỉy-m-ḥtp sꜢ Ns-qꜣy-šw.ty	pre-Coptic Egyptian

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios III Euergetes	13	Mecheir	01	-234 March 16 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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DatasetID	307294
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	55633
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 307294 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 269), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).