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Ostr. Paris, Louvre O. X

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre O. X
Publication Number	O.Paris 2
Current Location	(unknown)
Comments on Inventory	Wilcken has not taken this piece into O.Wilcken, so it was probably already missing by the end of 19th cent.
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:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Certainty:
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Dating	between 77 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at right

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)	broken at right ostrakon missing, not found
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of Melanthis
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax (laographia)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Melanthis (son of Hermodotos) praktor
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Melanthis for poll tax (laographia) of the ninth year of Vespasian, paid by Polaidos, with signature of Melanthis
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	Korrekturen von Reiter überprüfen: Datum? 30 Mesore?
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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Transcription

Translation

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convex

1	διέγραψε Πολαΐδος (?) -?-
2	ὑπὲρ λαογραφίας ἐνάτου ἔτους
3	Ουεπασιανοῦ ¹ l. Οὐεσπασιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου,
4	Μοσορὴ ²l. Μεσορή α, ἀργυρίου δραχ(μὰς) δεκα-
5	έξ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιϛ. Μέλανθις ἔγραψα.

¹ l. Οὐεσπασιανοῦ
² l. Μεσορή

convex

1	Thus has paid Polaidos ---
2	for poll tax of the ninth year
3	of Vespasian the lord,
4	Mesore 1, silver drachmas six-
5	teen, = 16 dr. Melanthis, I have written.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
13140	man	Melanthis (son of Hermodotos) praktor	Μελανθις	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Vespasian	09	Mesore	01	77 July 25 CE	date in text;

Literature

Letronne, Antoine-Jean & Brunet de Presle, Wladimir & Egger, Émile, P.Paris. Notices et textes des papyrus du Musée du Louvre et de la Bibliothèque Impériale (1865). (408, no. 2.)
Reiter, Fabian, Vorschläge zu Lesung und Deutung einiger Steuerquittungen aus Elephantine (2018). (61-62)

DatasetID	309514
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	24388
Papyri.info	ddbdp/o.paris;;2
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309514 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre O. X), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.