Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 574

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 574
Publication Number	O. Louvre 574
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
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	75 mm \| 104 mm \| 10 mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The upper and the left part are broken.
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 line endings are lost, as well as the first line.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. The right-aligned text shows a rather wide margin. At the bottom, a broader strip remains uninscribed.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	60	0
Column Height (in mm)	45	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	60+y x x+45	0

Text Content

Modern Title	receipt for guardian payment
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Peteyris (ODL 574, BM 12173)
Text Types	documentary \| receipt
Summary of Content	Esyris, son of Pasenis, is confirmed by Peteyris, of having paid a guard, in an amount of 2 artabes wheat.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man

Text

Transcription

Translation

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0	¹Devauchelle, O. Louvre Dem. (1983), 195-196, pl. LVII, no. 574 gives here the first, unreadable line. In my opinion, due to the other texts with this formular PN fy, nothing should be written here. Modified readings by J. Moje
1	Ns-Ḥr fy sw 2
2	(n) pꜣ rmṯ n wrš Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḥr-nfr sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr
3	n-ḏr.t Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḥr sw 16

¹ Devauchelle, O. Louvre Dem. (1983), 195-196, pl. LVII, no. 574 gives here the first, unreadable line. In my opinion, due to the other texts with this formular PN fy, nothing should be written here. Modified readings by J. Moje

1	Esyris: Delivery of 2 (artabas) of wheat
2	for the man who guards: Peteharnouphis, son of Espm[etis]
3	Issued by Peteyris. 16th day.

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
7495	man	Esyris, son of Pasenis	Ns-Ḥr sꜢ Pa-sny	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early)			16	-332 BCE -222 BCE	Dating by palaeography. Dating by content. Dating by prosopography.;

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Literature

Devauchelle, Didier, Ostraca démotiques du Musée du Louvre (1983). (195-196, pl. LVII, no. 574)

DatasetID	307300
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	55653
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 307300 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 574), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).