Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0330

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0330
Current Location	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status	unpublished

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 Type

ostracon

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Line endings damaged.
Script, Primary	Late Demotic
Script, additional A	Greek
Language, Primary	Roman Demotic
Language, additional A	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the complete surface of the potsherd, with small lateral margins.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)		0
Column Height (in mm)		0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance		0

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax
Ancient Archives	none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Pelaias (OGL 203, 330) Petosorsmetis, son of Petephaus
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Espmetis, son of P[///], is confirmed of having paid the poll tax for the 21st regnal year in an amount of 2 stater. Greek subscription: Name of checker, amount in Greek currency.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual)	Greek subscription: Name of checker, amount in Greek currency.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Bilingual Script = Language
Gender	Man

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

convex

1	¹Transcription and translation of the Demotic by Jan Mojer.wṱ Ns-mtr sꜣ Pa-
2	ẖr ḥḏ n ꜥpe n ḥsb.t 21 n Tbrys
3	Gysrs Sbsṱs
4	ı͗bd 4 šmw sw sw 17 sttr 2

¹ Transcription and translation of the Demotic by Jan Moje

convex

5	[Πελαί]α̣ς ἐπηκολλ(ούθηκα) δραχ(μὰς)
6	[ὀ]κ̣τώ, (δρ.) η.

1	That which was paid cash by Espmetis, son of P..?..[///]
2	for the poll tax for the 21st regnal year of Tiberius
3	Caesar Augustus,
4	17th of Mesore: 2 stater.
5	Pelaias, I was present,
6	eight drachmae, = 8 dr.

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Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
26795	man	Espmetis, son of ⸢..?..⸣	Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ ⸢..?..⸣	pre-Coptic Egyptian

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Tiberius	21	Mesore	17	35 August 8 CE	Internal dating, with name of the ruler.;

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	315790
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 315790 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0330), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek).