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Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0939

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0939
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Publication Status	unpublished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 122 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	Surface abraded

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	surface abraded
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary,
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for poll tax (laographia)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Palachemis scribe
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Sempronius Celer through the assistant Palachemis for for poll tax and prison guards of year 6 of Hadrian, paid by Bienchis, son of Peeis and Senesentis.
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

Text

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Translation

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1	Σεμπρώνιος̣ Κ̣έλερ καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐ-
2	τῷ διὰ Παλαχήμιος. διέγραψε̣ Β̣ίηγχις
3	Πεήειτος μητρὸς Σενεσεν̣τι̣ος ὑπ(ὲρ) λαο(γραφίας)
4	τοῦ ἕκτου (ἔτους) Ἁδριανοῦ Καί̣σαρ̣ος
5	τοῦ κυρί̣ου δραχμὰς δέκα ἑπτὰ (ἡμιωβέλιον), δεσ(μοφυλακίας)(ἡμιωβέλιον),
6	(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιζ (ὀβολόν). Ἐπεὶφ ζ̅.

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1	Sempronius Celer and his associates,
2	through Palachemis. Thus has paid Bienchis,
3	son of Peeis and the mother Senesentis, for poll tax
4	of the sixth year of Hadrian Caesar
5	the lord, seventeen drachmas 1/2 ob., for prison guards 1/2 ob.,
6	= 17 dr. 1 ob., Epeiph 7.

OGL_0939_S1_001

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4269	man	Bienchis, son of Peeis and Thinaseptis/Senesentis, daughter of Sansnos	Βιῆνχις Πεηειτος Θινασεπτιος, Σενεσέντις	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Hadrian	06	Epeiph	07	122 July 1 CE	date in text;

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OGL_0939_S1_001

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	317595
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 317595 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 0939), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.