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Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 1431

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 1431
Publication Number inedit
Current Location magazine
Publication Permission Status permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status unpublished

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) (unknown)
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 (unknown)

Object

Object Type ostracon
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation Lower and left part broken off in undetermined extent.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
Script, Primary Middle Demotic
Language, Primary Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout Wide line pitch. The text was placed centered on the (preserved) potsherd.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+2 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 53 0
Column Height (in mm) 34 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 53+y x 34+y 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title ostracon with unclear content
Ancient Archives unclear
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
Summary of Content Content unclear due to the heavily faded condition of the text. Mentioning a person with the father named Espmetis.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
x+1 1Transcription and translation by Jan Moje.
x+2 sꜣ Ns-mt(r)

1 Transcription and translation by Jan Moje.
x+1 [///] ⸢..?..⸣
x+2 [///] ⸢..?..⸣, son of Espmetis [///]
Paris_Louvre_ODL_1431_
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
25665 man ⸢..?..⸣, son of Espmetis ⸢..?..⸣ sꜣ Ns-mt(r) (not identified)

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early) -332 BCE -222 BCE Dating by palaeography;

 

Pictures

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315809
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata)
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 315809 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 1431), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).