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Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 155

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 155
Publication Number	O. Louvre 155
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, grey / red
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	75 mm \| 104 mm \| 10 mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Left part broken off in undetermined extent.
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)	All line endings are lost, many signs are faded.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Narrow line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, all line beginnings are closed to the right rim. On top ther is a broader margin in the height onf one line. the lower right crotch remains uninscribed.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	90	0
Column Height (in mm)	70	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	x+90 x 70	0

Text Content

Modern Title	receipt for a lost tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Portis, son of Pa-hetnetjer
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	[///], son of Espmetis, is confirmed by Portis, son of Pa-hetnetjer, of having paid the rate of a lost tax for the 21th[?] regnal year, in an amount of 1 kite.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man

Text

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Translation

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convex

1	Pꜣ-wr-dı͗w sꜣ Pa-ḥ.t-nṯr pꜣ nty ḏd n NN sꜣ
2	Ns-pꜣ-mty ḏı͗=y mḥ /// qd 1 r ḥḏ qd
3	½ r qd 1 ꜥn ẖn nꜣ ḥḏ.w ///
4	¹Devauchelle suggested Yb "Elephantine" here. n ḥsb.t 21 ///
5	ḏı͗.t šsp=w s n=k n ı͗p ///
6	ḥsb.t 22 ı͗bd 1 ꜣḫ.t sw 2

¹ Devauchelle suggested Yb "Elephantine" here.

convex

1	Portis, son of Pa-hetnetjer, is the one who speaks to [///, son]
2	of Espmetis: I have fulfilled [/// 1 kite, yields]
3	½ silver kite, yields 1 kite again, for the taxes ⸢///⸣
4	..?.. Elephantine(?) (for) the 21st regnal year ⸢///⸣
5	It was credited for you ⸢///⸣
6	22nd regnal year, 2nd of Thot.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
405	man	[///], son of Espmetis	[///] sꜢ Ns-pꜢ-mtr	(not identified)

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios III Euergetes	22	Thoth	02	-226 October 16 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

Literature

Devauchelle, Didier, Ostraca démotiques du Musée du Louvre (1983). (179-180, pl. XXXII no. 155)

DatasetID	307316
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	55629
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 307316 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 155), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.