| Title | Receipt for price of oil |
|---|---|
| Citations | |
| Inv. Id | O. OIM 19297 |
| Support/Dimensions | Ostracon ; 6.9 x 4.7 cm |
| Lines | On recto: 4 lines in Demotic |
| Recto/Verso | Source of description: On recto: receipt |
| Hands | The writing of the season name in line 3 is clearly peret because the curved third sign is the complementary r group. The shorter writing of the season name in line 4 must therefore be shemw, which also gives a logical sequence of dates. In line 4, the top of the sn sign appears to be ligatured to the t sign (for sn.t, "sister"). |
| Origin | Thebes (?) |
| Language | Demotic |
| Date | June 25, 247 B.C. |
| Note (general) | Catalogue no. 9; Nelson collection no. N263. The scribe Esminis was responsible for many other price of oil receipts from Thebes between years 30 and 38 of Ptolemy II. (See additional OIM ostraca.) 1/2 silver [kite] 1/2 obol or 1 1/2 obols is the price of 3/4 kotule or 0.20 liter of oil. 1/2 obol is the price of 1/4 kotule or 0.07 liter of oil. Thus, a total of 2 obols were paid for a total of 1 kotule or 0.27 liter of oil. |
| Note (general) | Location: Oriental Institute |
| Note (general) | Pub. status: Published: recto |
| Subjects | Receipts; Oil; Documentary; Ostracon |
| Associated Names | daughter of Psenamounis; Esminis; Taminis |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
OIM 19297, recto: (1) [...]...daughter of Psenamounis, 1/12 silver [kite] 1/2 obol for the price (2) [of oil] of Pharmouthi, has written Esminis (3) on Egyptian year 38, Pachons 5; Taminis her sister(?), (4) 1/2 obol, written.
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