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Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0248

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Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0248
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Publication Status	unpublished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 160 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand of Pachompsachis
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	12
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Archives	none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Pachompsachis scribe
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Ulpius Cerealis, tax farmer of the Sacred Gate of Syene, through the assistant Pachompsachis, for trade tax (χειρωνάξιον) in two installments, paid by Petorzmethis, son of Bienchis and the mother Tisatis.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	mother in filiation
Religion	unknown

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Transcription

Translation

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1	Οὔλπιος Κερεᾶρις μισθωτὴς
2	ἱερᾶς πύλης Σοήνης διὰ Παχόμ-
3	ψαχις βοηθοῦ. διέγραψεν Πετόρζμη-
4	θις Βιήνχιος μητρὸς Τισατις ὑπὲρ
5	χειρωναξίου κγ (ἔτους) δραχμὰς ὀκτώ,
6	(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η. (ἔτους) κγ Ἀντωνίνου
7	Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου Μεσορὴ
8	γ̅.
9	κδ (ἔτους) Ἀντωνίνου Καίσαρος
10	τοῦ κυρίου Θὼθ ι̅ζ̅. διέγραψεν
11	ὁ αὐτὸς χειρωναξίου κγ (ἔτους) δραχμὰς
12	τέσσαρες, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) δ.

1	Ulpius Cerealis, tax farmer
2	of the Sacred Gate of Syene, through Pachom-
3	psachis, assistant. Thus has paid Petorzmethis,
4	son of Bienchis and the mother Tisatis, for
5	trade tax of year 23, eight drachmas,
6	= 8 dr. In year 23 of Antoninus
7	Caesar the lord, Mesore
8	3.
9	In year 24 of Antoninus Caesar
10	the lord, Thoth 17, has paid
11	the same for trade tax of year 23 drachmas
12	four, = 4 dr.

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
12740	man	Pachompsachis scribe	Παχομψᾶχις boethos	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Antoninus Pius	23	Mesore	03	160 September 14 CE	date in text;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	317438
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 317438 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0248), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.