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Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1858

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Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1858
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Publication Status	unpublished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 -89 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	broken at bottom

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 bottom
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary,
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5+y
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for harvest tax of granary (epigraphe)
Ancient Archives	unclear
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of the granary of Syene for harvest tax (epigraphe)
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

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1	ἔτους κε Μεσορή. εἰσμεμέτρηκεν
2	εἰς τὸν ἐν Συήνῃ θησαυρὸν εἰς τὴν ἐπι-
3	γραφὴν τοῦ αὐτοῦ (ἔτους) καὶ κδ̣ (ἔτους) ὑπὲρ
4	τ̣ο̣ῦ̣ τόπου Ἀν ̣ ̣ν ̣ ̣ ̣ς
5	̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ τ̣α̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ και
y	– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

convex

1	In year 25, Mesore. Has measured
2	to the granary in Syene for the harvest
3	tax of the same year and for year 24 for
4	his land An---
5	---
y	– – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

OGL_1858_S1_001

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Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios X Alexander I + Cleopatra III	25	Mesore		-89 August 10 BCE -89 September 8 BCE	date in text;

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OGL_1858_S1_001

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	317810
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 317810 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1858), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.