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Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 267

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Paris, Musée National du Louvre
Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 267
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 centered onto the potsherd, with a broader margin on top. The lower right crotch remains uninscribed.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	3	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	88	0
Column Height (in mm)	32	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	88 x 32	0

Text Content

Modern Title	receipt for oil
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Peteyris, son of Harnouphis
Text Types	documentary \| receipt
Summary of Content	Espmetis, son of Imouthes, and [///] are confirmed by Peteyris, son of Harnouphis, of having paid the price of oil for the 26th regnal year Pharmouthi in an amount of 3 obols.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man

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Translation

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1	ı͗n Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ I͗y-m-ḥtp ḥnꜥ ḏbꜥ.t 3
2	(n) swn n pꜣ tgm pꜣ nḥḥ r-šp=f (n) ḥsb.t 26 n-ḏr.t
3	Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḥr sꜣ Ḥr-nfr ḥsb.t 27 ı͗bd 3 ꜣḫ.t sw 8

1	Thus have brought Espmetis, son of Imouthes, and ⸢..?..⸣ 3 obols
2	for the value for tgm oil, which he has received for the 26th regnal year. Issued by
3	Peteyris, son of Harnouphis. 27th regnal year, 8th of Hathyr.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
6760	man	Espmetis, son of Imouthes (ODL 22)	Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜢ Ỉy-m-ḥtp	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios II Philadelphos	27	Hathyr	08	-259 December 28 BCE	Internal dating, without name of the ruler.;

Literature

Devauchelle, Didier, Ostraca démotiques du Musée du Louvre (1983). (267)

DatasetID	317937
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 317937 (= Ostr. Paris, Louvre ODL 267), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.