Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 423
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 423 |
| Publication Number |
O. Louvre 423 |
| 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, red brown |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
75 mm | 104 mm | 10 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) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Some signs are faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide and unsteady line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, with only very small margins at the sides and on top. 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) |
30 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
x+85 x 30 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for an unidentified 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 |
Stamnaichnoumis, son of Pachnoumis, is confirmed by Petosiris of having paid the rate of a lost tax for the 27th regnal year, in an amount of 1/2 kite. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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1 | | Thus has brought Stamnaichnoumis, son of Pachnoumis, ½ silver kite for the tax [///] |
2 | | ⸢..?..⸣ for(?) ..?.. piece(?). Issued by Petosiris. |
3 | | 27th regnal year, 15th of Pachons.
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
27 |
Pachons |
15 |
-258 July 4 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307297 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
55649 |
| 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 307297 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 423), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
