Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0132
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0132 |
| Publication Number |
P.Bagnall 14 |
| 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, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
archaeological excavation
Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Clermont-Ganneau, Charles
Certainty: high |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Elephantine |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
excavation finds |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 0 and 0 |
Object
| Object Type |
ostracon |
| 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 |
Greek |
| Script, additional A |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Language, additional A |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Three scribes involved
hand 1: Doros
hand 2: Petepiphis
hand 3 unknown |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Very wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire surface of the potsherd, wih only small margins at all four sides. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
85 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
60 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
85 x 60 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for salt tax |
| Ancient Archives |
none |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Smetis, son of Psammetichos, is confirmed of having paid the rate for the salt tax for the 35th regnal year, in an amount of 2 drachmas. The payment was made through the tax farmer Doros. Repetition of tax type and amount, also in Greek, by Petepiphis (according to the characteristic palaeography). Demotic countersignature by Potemetous, son of Psintaes, giving only his name. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Demotic countersignature by Potemetous, son of Psintaes, giving only his name. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Ethnicity / Multiculturalism |
Egyptian |
| Gender |
Man |
| Comment on Religion |
Egyptian names in Greek script |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | (ἔτους) λε Φαρμοῦθι κ̅ζ̅ ἔχει |
2 | | Δῶρος παρὰ Σμῆτ Ψα- |
3 | | -μητίχου ἁλικῆς τοῦ |
4 | | λε (ἔτους)
(δραχμὴν) α.|
5 | | ἁλικῆς (δραχμὴ) α.
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1 | | 35th regnal year, 27th of Pharmouthi. Thus has received |
2 | | Doros from Smet, son of Psa- |
3 | | -metichos, for the salt tax of |
4 | | the 35th regnal year: 1 drachma. |
5 | | 2.H. For the salt tax: 1 drachma. |
6 | | 3.H. Countersigned by Potemetous, son of Psintaes.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 4290 |
man |
Doros (logeutes) |
Δῶρος (partly gen. Δώρου) |
Greek, Ancient |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios II Philadelphos |
35 |
Pharmuthi |
27 |
-251 June 18 BCE |
Greek Financial year 35 in Pharmouthi = Egyptian year 34; |
Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307639 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
219292 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/p.bagnall;;14 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307639 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0132), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic). |
