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Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1427

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1427
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Publication Status	unpublished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 133 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at top

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 top
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, hand unknown
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+5
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for contribution for river police boats and guard posts (merismos potamophylakidon and stationos)
Ancient Archives	unclear
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	REceipt of Petorzmethis (alias Pachompsachis), praktor of Elephantine, for merismoi for river police boats and stationos, in year 17 of Hadrian
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

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Translation

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convex

x	– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
x+1	μερισμ(οῦ) ποταμονφυλάκ(ιδος) καὶ στα-
x+2	τίωνο̣ς̣ τοῦ αὐτ̣οῦ ιζ (ἔτους) ῥυπαρὰν (δραχμὴν) α (τετρώβολον) (ἡμιωβέλιον) (δίχαλκον).
x+3	(ἔτους) ιζ Ἁδριανοῦ Καίσαρος τοῦ
x+4	κυρίου Τῦβι ζ̅. Πετόρζμηθις
x+5	πράκτωρ σεσημείωμαι.

convex

x	– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –
x+1	for the contribution for river police boats and guard
x+2	posts of the same year 17, brutto, 1 dr. 4,5 ob. 2 ch.
x+3	Year 17 of Hadrian Caesar the
x+4	lord, Tybi 17. (hand 2) Petorzmethis,
x+5	collector, I have signed.

OGL_1427_S1_001

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
13780	man	Petorzmethis (alias Pachompsachis) praktor	Πετορζμῆθις	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Hadrian	17	Tybi	07	133 January 2 CE	date in text;

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OGL_1427_S1_001

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	317741
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 317741 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1427), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.