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Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1856

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1856
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Publication Status	unpublished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 -168 and -159
Criteria for Dating	date according to tax collector's time of office
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at top, surface damaged

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 of Asklepiades
	recto	verso
Quantity of Columns	1

 

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for land tax (eparourion)
Ancient Archives	none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Asklepiades banker
Text Types	documentary documentary | receipt | tax receipt
Summary of Content	receipt of the bank of Syene, of which Asklepiades is in charge, for land tax (eparourion); with signature of the banker Asklepiades
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

 

Text

 

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
40295	man	Asklepiades banker	Ἀσκληπιάδης	Greek, Ancient

 

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				-168 BCE -159 BCE	date according to tax collector's time of office;

 

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID	317809
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 317809 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1856), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.