Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1834
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1834 |
| Publication Number |
P.Bagnall 15 |
| 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 |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The right half is missing today. |
| 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 righ halfs of all lines are lost, remaining signs heavily faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Greek |
| Script, additional A |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Greek, Ancient |
| Language, additional A |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Change of scribe between the Greek lines 3 and 4.
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 (preserved left half of the) potsherd, wih only small margins at the three preserved sides. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
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0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
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0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
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0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt for salt tax |
| Ancient Archives |
none |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | receipt | tax receipt
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| Summary of Content |
Sme[tis] is confirmed by an unnamed person of having paid the rate for the salt tax for the 35th regnal year, in an amount of 1 drachma. The payment was made through the tax farmer Doros. Repetition of tax type and amount, also in Greek. Demotic subscription with date, countersigner Potemetous, son of Psintaes. |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
Demotic subscription with date, countersigner Potemetous, son of Psintaes. |
| 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 Παχὼ̣νς κ̅. ἔχει
Δῶρος
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2 | | παρὰ Σ̣μή̣θιος(?)
ἁλικῆς
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3 | | τοῦ λε (ἔτους) (δραχμὴν) α
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4 | | ἁλικῆς (δραχμὴ) α̣
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1 | | 35th regnal year, [20th of] Pacho[ns]. [Doros has received] |
2 | | from Sme[this(?)] [for the salt tax] |
3 | | of the 35th regnal year: [1 drachma] |
4 | | For the salt tax: 1 drachma [///] |
5 | | [Countersigned by Potemetous, son of Psintaes. 35th regnal year], 20th of Pachons.
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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 |
Pachons |
20 |
-250 July 7 BCE |
Dating by content. Dating by prosopography. Internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
307640 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
219293 |
| Papyri.info |
ddbdp/p.bagnall;;15 |
| Author |
Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic; metadata) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 307640 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1834), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic; metadata). |
