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Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 2152

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 2152
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Publication Status	unpublished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 192 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	surface damaged, 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,
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Receipt for taxes on date palms (telesma and prosodon phoinikos)
Ancient Archives	unclear
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Bienchis, scribe (late)
Text Types	documentary documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Receipt of Serenos the younger, son of Pachnoubis, and of Mettis Tyrannos, collectors of taxes in money and kind of Elephantine, through the assistant Bienchis, for telesma and prosodos phoinikos, for the harvest of year 32, paid by ---, son of Pachnoubis , in year 33 of Commodus; with signature of Mettis (Tyrannos).
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

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1	Σερῆνος νεώτερος Παχνο̣ύμεως κ̣αὶ Μέτις Τύραν-
2	νος πράκτορες ἀργυρικῶν καὶ σιτικῶν Ἐλεφ̣αντίνης διέ(γραψεν -?-
3	. .?? Παχ̣νο̣ύ̣βιος ὑπὲρ τελεσμάτων καὶ
4	ὑπὲρ προ̣σόδ̣ων φ̣οίν̣ι̣κ̣ος γ̣ε̣ν̣ή̣ματος λβ (ἔτους)
5	καὶ ὑπὲρ τ̣ιμ̣ῆ̣ς̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ ̣ τόπου ἰ̣δί̣ο̣υ̣
6	(δραχμὴν) α//. (ἔτους) λγ̣ // Φαω̣φ̣ι̣ κ̣α̣.
7	Μ̣εττ̣ι̣ς̣ σεσημείω̣μαι

convex

1	Serenus the younger, son of Pachnoumis, and Mettius Tyran-
2	nus, collectors of taxes in money and kind at Elephantine. Thus has paid ---
3	---(?), son of Pachnoubis, for the taxes and
4	for the income of dates of the harvest of year 32,
5	and for the price --- of his own land
6	1 dr. In year 33, Phaophi 21.
7	Mettius, I have signed.

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
26940	man	Mettis Tyrannos	Μετ(τ)ις Τύραννος	Latin

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Commodus	33	Phaophi	21	192 October 18 CE	date in text;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	317883
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 317883 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre OGL 2152), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ruth Duttenhöfer.