| Title | Receipt for burial plot |
|---|---|
| Citations | |
| Inv. Id | O. OIM 19317 |
| Support/Dimensions | Ostracon ; 10.6 x 7.8 cm |
| Lines | On recto: 7 lines in Demotic |
| Recto/Verso | Source of description: On recto: receipt |
| Hands | The shape of the initial sign of the season name precludes reading akhet and the length of the season name favors peret over shemw. |
| Origin | Thebes (?) |
| Language | Demotic |
| Date | October 20, 260 B.C. |
| Note (general) | Catalogue no. 27; Nelson collection no. N284. Amenothes, son of Parates is Muhs' Taxpayer 6. 2 1/2 silver kite was the usual price for a burial plot. The scribe Petemestous, son of Poulemis(?) was also responsible for many burial tax receipts and one burial plot receipt from Thebes between years 20 and 24 of Ptolemy II. |
| Note (general) | Location: Oriental Institute |
| Note (general) | Pub. status: Published: recto |
| Subjects | Receipts; Burial; Documentary; Ostracon |
| Associated Names | Amenothes, son of Parates; Tamounis; Petemestous, son of Poulemis; Ptolemy (II), son of Ptolemy; Ptolemy |
| License |  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License. |
OIM 19317, recto: (1) Amenothes son of Parates has brought 2 1/2 silver [kite] in the name of Tamounis(?), [whose(?) south is] (2) the tomb of kalasiris, north is the tomb of Mnt-htp, (3) east is the path, west is [the] mountain, which completes the neighbors of (4) the tomb which is above ... [...] has written Petemestous son of (5) Poulemis(?) on Egyptian year 24, [Mecheir(?)] day 30 of pharaoh (6) Ptolemy (II) son of Ptolemy, with (7) Ptolemy his son.
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