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Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0838

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0838
Publication Number ined.
Current Location Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Publication Permission Status permission for publication assigned
Publication Status unpublished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) 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
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Tuckett, Francis Fox
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type ostracon
Dating between 32 and 33
Criteria for Dating date in text
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation broken at left

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 left
Script, Primary Greek
Script, additional A Demotic
Language, Primary Greek, Ancient
Language, additional A Demotic
Comments on Handwriting documentary, hand of Petorzmethis demotic subscript
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 7
Quantity of Columns 1

 

Text Content

Modern Title Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content receipt for trade tax for year 19 of Tiberius, paid by Petorzmethis, son of ?; Demotic (ERC Elephantine, Moje): Demotic subscription: Issuer Petosorsmetis, value.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual) Demotic (ERC Elephantine, Moje): Demotic subscription: Issuer Petosorsmetis, value.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Bilingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
convex
1διακεγ̣ράφη-
2κε 1l. διαγεγράφη|κε Πετορζμ̣ηθι 2l. Πετορζμῆθις
3-?- ὑπὲρ χειροναξί-
4ου 3l. χειρωναξίου τοῦ ιθ (ἔτους) Τειβερίου 4l. Τιβερίου
5Καίσαρος Σεβασδος 5l. Σεβαστοῦ
6ἀργυ(ρίου) (δραχμὰς) εἴκοσι, (γίνονται)(δραχμαὶ) κ.

1 l. διαγεγράφη|κε
2 l. Πετορζμῆθις
3 l. χειρωναξίου
4 l. Τιβερίου
5 l. Σεβαστοῦ
convex
7ḥsb.t 19 Pꜣ-dı͗-Wsı͗r-ns-mtr pꜣ swn ẖr sttr 5

convex
1Thus has paid
2Petorzmethis,
3s. of ---, for trade tax
4of year 19 of Tiberius
5Caesar Augustus
6twenty silver (dr.), = 20 (dr.).
719th regnal year. Pe[tosorsmethis. The value concerning 5 stater.]
OGL_0838_S1_001
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OGL_0838-1_S1_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
27580 man Petorzmethis, son of --- (Tiberius) pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Tiberius 19 32 CE 33 CE date in demotic text;

 

Pictures

OGL_0838_S1_001
Reserved Copyright
OGL_0838-1_S1_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 315842
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic)
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 315842 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0838), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek); Jan Moje (Demotic).