Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 76
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 76 |
| Publication Number |
O. Louvre 76 |
| 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, dark 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) |
complete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Complete. |
| Script, Primary |
Late Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Roman Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Rather wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, without margins at the lateral sides and on top, so that especially the line beginnings are closed to the right rim. The lower left crotch remains uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
55 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
42 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
55 x 42 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt for poll tax ( laographia) |
| 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 |
Harpaesis, son of Psenchnoumis, is confirmed by an unnamed person, who can be identified by his hand as Petosorsmetis, son of Petephaus, of having paid the poll tax for the 9th regnal year, in an amount of 4 staters. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | r.wṱ Ḥr-pa-n-ꜣs.t sꜣ Pꜣ-šr-H̱nm
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2 | | ẖr pꜣ ḥḏ n ꜥpe (n) ḥsb.t 9.t n Tbwry-|
3 | | -s Glwṱes
Gsyrw
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4 | | Sbsṱ
Grmnqs
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5 | | ꜣwtgrṱr ı͗bd 4 pr.t sw ꜥrqı͗
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6 | | sttr 4.t Reading instead of „3.t“ according to VLEEMING, Sven P., 2007. A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents in A. D. 2005-2006, Brauneberg, 28.
1 Reading instead of „3.t“ according to VLEEMING, Sven P., 2007. A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents in A. D. 2005-2006, Brauneberg, 28.
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1 | | That which was paid cash by Harpaesis, son of Psenchnoumis |
2 | | for the poll tax for the 9th regnal year of Tiberius |
3 | | Claudius Caesar |
4 | | Augustus Germanicus |
5 | | Imperator, 30th of Pharmouthi: |
6 | | 4 staters.
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Claudius |
09 |
Pharmuthi |
30 |
49 April 21 CE |
internal dating, with name of the ruler; |
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Literature
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Devauchelle, Didier, Ostraca démotiques du Musée du Louvre (1983). (212-213, pl. XIX, no. 76)
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Mattha, Girgis, Demotic Ostraka: from the collections at Oxford, Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Cairo (1945). (no. 67)
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Revillout, Eugène, Mélanges sur la Métrologie, l'Économie Politique et l'Histoire de l'Ancienne Égypte avec de nombreaux textes démotiques, hiéroglyphiques, hiératiques ou grecs inédits ou antérieurement mal publiés(= O. Métrologie) (1895). (216 no. 7173)
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Revillout, Eugène, Notes sur quelques documents démotiques du British Museum (1885). (134 no. 7173)
| DatasetID |
307304 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
49648 |
| 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 307304 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 76), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata). |
