Pap. Berlin P. 13577
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 13577 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Comments on Inventory |
joining: Pap. Berlin P. 13577a-b + 23588a-f
registered as existing during revision (1958) |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
Origin / Provenance
| Ancient Provenance Site |
Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high |
| Ancient Provenance Details |
"Nordschugl" |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
archaeological excavation
Certainty: high |
Date of Discovery
Term. Ante / Post Quem Non |
between 6 1 1907 and 6 1 1907 |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
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 |
partage |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1907 and 1907 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Color |
papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
333 mm | 447 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Consists of two joining fragments. Several holes. The lateral parts are broken off. The lower edge is heavily damaged.
Measurements of the single fragments (h × w):
a: 33,7 × 45 cm;
b: 33,3 × 44,7 cm.
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| Mounting |
framed between glass |
| Comments on Object |
Palimpest. Unreadable traces of an anterior text in Greek, dated 214/214 BCE.. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
recto/verso |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) |
parallel (recto) and perpendicular (verso) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Partly faded. Left and right parts are broken off in undetermined extent. Several holes with text losses. Lower part heavily damaged. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Flüchtige, teilweise wenig deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift verschiedener Hände." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Differing line pitches. Columns partly not right-aligned. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
a and b ca. 7 col with ca. 34 |
a ca. 5 col with about 34 each |
| Quantity of Columns |
ca. 14 |
ca. 5 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
435 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
320 |
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| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
a: +435+y x 315. b: x+435+y x 320 |
a: x+420+y x 300. b: (traces) |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
Receipt concerning field allotments and payments of money of the Chnoum temple |
| Ancient Archives |
Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
Receipt in form of a list concerning allotments of fields from the Chnoum temple domain to land leasers, some of them Greeks; lists of payments of money.
The presereved part of an anterior Greke text dates to 214/213 BCE. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text |
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| Multilingualism |
Monolingual |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic Dynasty (late) |
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-180 BCE -30 BCE |
Dating by palimpsest: older text in Greek dated BCE 214/213.; |
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Literature
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Kaiser, Werner, Ägyptisches Museum Berlin: Östlicher Stülerbau am Schloss Charlottenburg (1967). (125 Nr. 1122)
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Lüddeckens, Erich, Papyri, Demotische, Berlin (1982). (Nr. E23g)
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Vleeming, Sven P., A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents in A. D. 2005-2006 (2007). (4)
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Vleeming, Sven P., The Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents in A. D. 2007 (2008). (7)
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Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Ägyptische Handschriften 2 (1971). (Nr. 45)
| DatasetID |
100010 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Berlpap |
12308 |
| Trismegistos |
45688 |
| Author |
Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100010 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13577), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek). |
