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Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 1644

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 1644
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Publication Status unpublished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 complete
State of Preservation Complete.

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 Wilde line pitch. The right-aligned text was placed centered onto the potsherd, with medium lateral margins and a small upper one. The lower right crotch remains uninscribed.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 3 0
Quantity of Columns 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 40 0
Column Height (in mm) 26 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 40 x 26 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title receipt for guardian payment
Ancient Archives administrative archive of unclear context
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt
Summary of Content Esyris, son of Pasenis, is confirmed by Esminis, of having paid a guard, in an amount of 4 artabes wheat.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
11Transcription and translation by Jan Moje. Ns-Ḥr sꜣ Pa-sny fy sw 4
2n pꜣ rmt wrš
3 n-ḏr.t Ns-Mn sw 12

1 Transcription and translation by Jan Moje.
1[Esyris, son of] Pasenis: Delivery of 4 (artabas) wheat.
2[for the man] who guards.
3[///] Issued by Esminis, 12th day.
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
7495 man Esyris, son of Pasenis Ns-Ḥr sꜢ Pa-sny pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early) 12 -332 BCE -222 BCE Dating by palaeography. Dating by content. Dating by prosopography.;

 

Pictures

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 315820
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 315820 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 1644), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Julia Puglisi (help with metadata).