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Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1441

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Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1441
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Publication Status	unpublished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 72 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at right

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 right
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary,hand of Melanthis
	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	Melanthis (son of Hermodotos) praktor
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Melanthis for laographia of year 4 of Vespasian, paid by Alex---, signed by Melanthis
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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Translation

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1	δ̣ι̣έ̣γραψεν Ἀλ̣εξ̣̣ -ca. 9-
2	ὑ̣π̣ὲρ λ̣αο̣γραφίας τετά̣ρτου ἔτους
3	Οὐ̣ε̣σ̣πασεια̣νοῦ τοῦ κυρίου
4	Παχὼν ι̅ϛ̅ ἀργυ(ρίου) δραχ(μὰς)
5	δεκαέ̣ξ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) ιϛ. Μελάνθις
6	Ἑρμ̣οδότου ἔγραψα.

convex

1	Thus has paid Alex---
2	for poll tax of the fourth year
3	of Vespasian the lord,
4	Pachon 16, silver drachmas
5	sixteen, = 16 dr. Melanthis,
6	son of Hermodotos, I have written.

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
40925	man	Alex--- (Vespasian, taxpayer)	Ἀλ̣εξ̣̣ -	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Vespasian	04	Pachons	16	72 May 11 CE	date in text;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	317744
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 317744 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1441), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.