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Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 1

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 1
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status	published

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:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	Complete.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	convex (outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	Complete.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. The text was placed onto the upper half of the object, with a broader margin on top and on the right. The lower left crotch remains uninscribed.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	3	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	78	0
Column Height (in mm)	30	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	78 x 30	0

Text Content

Modern Title	receipt for a lost tax
Ancient Archives	private archive \| inidividual tax payer
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Peteyris, son of Harnouphis
Text Types	documentary \| receipt \| tax receipt
Summary of Content	Pathotes, son of Psenpelaias, is confirmed by Peteyris, son of Harnouphis, of having paid a lost tax for the 27th regnal year in an amount if ⅓ kite and ½ obol. Countersigned by Hatres(?), son of ..?..
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man

Text

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Translation

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1	ı͗n Pa-Ḏḥwtı͗ sꜣ Pꜣ-šr-pꜣ-mr-ı͗ḥ ḥḏ qd ⅓ ḏbꜥ.t ½ n ḥḏ
2	n ḥsb.t 27 n-ḏr.t Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḥr sꜣ Ḥr-nfr ḥsb.t 28 ı͗bd 1 pr.t sw 7
3	sẖ Ḥtr(?) sꜣ ¹Devauchelle proposes Pa-e(?) sa Pa-I͗tm

¹ Devauchelle proposes Pa-e(?) sa Pa-I͗tm

1	Thus has brought Pathotes, son of Psenpelaias, ⅓ kite and ½ obol for the [///] tax,
2	for the 27th regnal year. Issued by Peteyris, son of Harnouphis. 28th regnal year, 7th of Tybi.
3	Coutersigned by Hatres(?), son of ..?..

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
35985	man	Hatres, son of ..?.. / Pae, son of Patoumis	Ḥtr sꜣ ..?.. / Pa-e sꜣ Pa-Itm	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos	28	Tybi	07	-257 February 26 BCE	Internal dating, without name of the ruler.;

Literature

Devauchelle, Didier, Ostraca démotiques du Musée du Louvre (1983). (1)

DatasetID	317936
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 317936 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 1), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.