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Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0878

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0878
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Publication Status	unpublished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 111 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,
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	9
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion) of linen weavers of Elephantine
Ancient Archives	unclear
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Leon scribe
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of the scribe Leon for cheironaxion of linen weavers of Elephantine, for year 14 of Trajan, paid by Peeis, son of Bienchis and Senzmethis, with signature of Gellius Capito, through his scribe Pachompretis, son of Ammonas.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	mother in filiation
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	διέγραψεν Πεήεις Βιήγχεως
2	μητρὸς Σενζμήθεως
3	χειρωναξίου λινουφῶν ἰδιώτων ιδ (ἔτους) ἀργρυρίου
4	δραχμὰς ὀκτώι ¹l. ὀκτώ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η, διὰ Λέοντος γραμματέως.
5	(ἔτους) ιε Τραιανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ κυρίου
6	Θώθ κ̣̅ζ̅.
7	Γέλλι̣ος Καπίτων σεσημίομι ²l. σεσημείωμαιδιὰ Παχομ-
8	π̣ρήτιος Ἀμμονᾶτος ³l. Ἀμμωνᾶτος γραμματέως δραχμαὶ ὀκτό ⁴l. ὀκτώ,
9	(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η.

¹ l. ὀκτώ
² l. σεσημείωμαι
³ l. Ἀμμωνᾶτος
⁴ l. ὀκτώ

convex

1	Thus has paid Peeis, son of Bienchis
2	and the mother Senzmethis,
3	for trade tax of laymen linen weavers, of year 14 silver
4	drachmas eight, = 8 dr., through Leon, scribe.
5	In year 15 of Trajan Caesar the lord,
6	Thoth 27.
7	(h. 2) Gellius Capito, I have signed through Pachom-
8	pretis, son of Ammonas, scribe, eight drachmas,
9	= 8 dr.

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
16170	man	Gellius Capito, collector	Γελλιος Καπιτων	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	15	Thoth	27	111 September 25 CE	date in text;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	317568
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 317568 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0878), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.