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Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1488

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1488
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Publication Status	unpublished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 108 and 109
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 Marius Maximus
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for trade tax (cheironaxion)
Ancient Archives	unclear
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Marius Maximus
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Marius Maximus for trade tax of year 12 of Trajan, with signature of the collector
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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1	διέγραψεν ̣ -?-
2	μητ̣ρὸς ̣ ̣ν̣ουϲ̣ τῶν ἀπ᾿ Ἐλεφαντ(ίνης) χειρο(ναξίου) ιβ (ἔτους)
3	Τραιανοῦ Κ̣α̣ί̣σαρος τοῦ κυρίου ἐπὶ λόγ(ου) δραχ(μὰς)
4	ὀκτώ, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) η. Μάριο(ς) Μάξιμ(ος) ἔγρα-
5	ψα. (ἔτους) ιβ̣ Τρ̣αιανο̣ῦ τοῦ κυρίου -?-. ὁμ(οίως)
6	ἔ̣σ̣χον τὰς λοιπὰ]ς̣ [δραχ(μὰς) δέκα
7	δύο ὀ̣βολ(οὺς) δύο, (γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) κ (διώβολον). -?-

convex

1	Thus has paid ---, son of ---
2	and the mother ---nous, of those of Elephantine, for trade tax of year 12
3	of Trajan Caesar the lord, on account, drachmas
4	eight, = 8 dr. Marius Maximus, I have
5	written. In year 12 of Trajan the lord, ---. Ditto,
6	I have recieved the remaining twelve drachmas
7	two obols, = 20 dr. 2 ob. ---

OGL_1488_S1_001

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
13155	man	Marius Maximus	Μαριος Μαξιμος	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Trajan	12			108 CE 109 CE	date in text;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	317774
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 317774 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1488), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.