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Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1983

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1983
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Publication Status	unpublished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 96 and 97
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 praktor Sokrates; signature of Menelas
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	8
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for trade tax (χειρωναξίου)
Ancient Archives	none
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Menelaos, scribe/collector? Sokrates praktor
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of praktor Sokrates for cheironaxion of year 15 of Domitian, paid by NN, son of Pateuris, with signature of Sokrates and second signature of Menela(o)s
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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convex

1	διέγραψ(εν) -?-
2	Πατεύρ̣εως ὑπ(ὲρ) χι(ρωναξίου) ιε (ἔτους)
3	Δομιτιανοῦ τοῦ κυρίου
4	ἐπὶ λόγου (δραχμὰς) η. ὁμοίως
5	τὰς λοιπὰς (δραχμὰς) δεκαδύο ὀβολ(οὺς) δύο,
6	(γίνονται) (δραχμαὶ) κ (διώβολον). Σ̣ωκρ̣άτη(ς) πράκ(τωρ) ἔγραψ(α).
7	α (ἔτους) Ν̣ε̣ρ̣ο̣υ̣ᾶ τοῦ κυρίου --? Μενελας
8	ἔχωι. ¹l. ἔχω

¹ l. ἔχω

convex

1	Thus has paid ---,
2	son of Peteuris, for trade tax of year 15
3	of Domitian the lord,
4	on account, 8 dr. Ditto,
5	the remaining twelve dr. two obls,
6	= 20 dr. 2. ob. Sokrates, tax collector, I have written.
7	Year 1 of Nerva the lord (month?). (hand 2) Menelaos,
8	I have (received).

OGL_1983_S1_001

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
27945	man	Menelaos, scribe/collector?	Μενέλας	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Nerva	01			96 CE 97 CE	date in text;

Pictures

OGL_1983_S1_001

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	317858
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 317858 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 1983), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.