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Pap. Berlin P. 23215

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Pap. Berlin P. 23215
Current Location magazine | papyrus depository
Publication Permission Status permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status unpublished

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: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
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 excavation finds
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Borchardt, Ludwig
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type papyrus
Color papyrus
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation The object consists of eleven fragments without direct joins. These fragments are damaged in form of holes and breaks.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) The text is damaged in form of holes, breaks and is rubbed off.
Script, Primary Late Hieratic
Language, Primary Neo-Middle Egyptian
Comments on Text Layout Frg. a: eight lines Frg. b: three lines Frg. c, d, f, g and h: four lines Frg. e, i, j and k: two lines - cursive hieratic and demotic inscriptions on the verso of Frg. a, f and g
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 39

 

Text Content

Modern Title Fragment of a hymn or ritual
Ancient Author of Text (Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • religious | polytheistic Egyptian | ritual
  • religious-literary | polytheistic Egyptian | hymn
Summary of Content It is likely that the fragments are pieces of a hymn or a ritual, perhaps to Osiris. The “Mansion-of-the-benben” (ḥw.t-bnbn), excrement (ḥs), the phrase mj-jr=k “Come!” which is typical of invocations, and the request dı=k bꜥḥ “you may give me abundance” are mentioned. Verso: Fragments of an account or the like.
Location of Composition unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
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Fragm. a, x+1[///][dm]ḏ(?) ꜥ(?) ꜣb .?. ḫj .?. stj .?. [///]
Fragm. a, x+2[///] .?..tw m ꜥ.t .?. ḥb nfr=k(?) n .?. [///]
Fragm. a, x+3[///] .?.=k km šnw=k m [///]
Fragm. a, x+4[///] ḥꜣ .?. ḥr nb(?) .?. ḏj=k bꜥḥw [///]
Fragm. a, x+5[///] .?. rḏ ḥs n(?) rw.?.[///]
Fragm. a, x+6[///] .?. m ḥw.t-bnbn .?. mj-jr=k [///]
Fragm. a, x+7[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. a, x+8[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. a, x+9[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. b, x+1[///] s [///]
Fragm. b, x+2[///]=sn p[.t?][///]
Fragm. b, x+3[///] ḥꜣ [///]
Fragm. c, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. c, x+2[///]=ṯn [///]
Fragm. c, x+3[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. c, x+4[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. d, x+1[///] sꜣḥ(?) .?. [///]
Fragm. d, x+2[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. d, x+3[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. d, x+4[///] m ḥw.t-bn[bn][///]
Fragm. d, x+5[///][///]
Fragm. e, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. e, x+2[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. e, x+3[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. f, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. f, x+2[///].n=f(y?) p.t(?) [///]
Fragm. f, x+3[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. f, x+4[///] wꜥ(?) [///]
Fragm. g, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. g, x+2[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. g, x+3[///] .?. jꜥt [///]
Fragm. g, x+4[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. h, x+1[///] .?..t=f m [///]
Fragm. h, x+2[///] [///]
Fragm. h, x+3[///] [///]
Fragm. h, x+4[///] ḫft.j.w(=j?) [///]
Fragm. i, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. i, x+2[///] ḥr [///]
Fragm. i, x+3[///]=k .?. [///]
Fragm. j, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. j, x+2[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. j, x+3[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. k, x+1[///] [///]
Fragm. k, x+2[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. k, x+3[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. k, x+4[///] [///]
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Fragm. a, x+1[///] gather(?) the limb (?) .?. raised .?. [///]
Fragm. a, x+2[///] done is [///] in the chamber .?. your(?) beautiful feast of .?. [///]
Fragm. a, x+3[///] your .?. black is your hair as(?) [///]
Fragm. a, x+4[///] behind .?. with the lord(?) .?., you may give abundance [///]
Fragm. a, x+5[///] .?. give excrement of/for(?) .?. [///]
Fragm. a, x+6[///] .?. in the temple of the benben .?.. Come! [///]
Fragm. a, x+7[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. a, x+8[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. a, x+9[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. b, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. b, x+2[///] their [///] hea[ven?][///]
Fragm. b, x+3[///] behind [///]
Fragm. c, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. c, x+2[///] your (pl.) [///]
Fragm. c, x+3[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. c, x+4[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. d, x+1[///] reaching(?) .?. [///]
Fragm. d, x+2[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. d, x+3[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. d, x+4[///] in the temple of the ben[ben][///]
Fragm. d, x+5[///] [///]
Fragm. e, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. e, x+2[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. e, x+3[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. f, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. f, x+2[///] he did [///] hea[ven(?)][///]
Fragm. f, x+3[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. f, x+4[///] single(?) [///]
Fragm. g, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. g, x+2[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. g, x+3[///] .?. limb(?) [///]
Fragm. g, x+4[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. h, x+1[///] his [///] for/of [///]
Fragm. h, x+2[///] [///]
Fragm. h, x+3[///] [///]
Fragm. h, x+4[///] my(?) enemies [///]
Fragm. i, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. i, x+2[///] with [///]
Fragm. i, x+3[///] you [///] .?. [///]
Fragm. j, x+1[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. j, x+2[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. j, x+3[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. k, x+1[///] [///]
Fragm. k, x+2[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. k, x+3[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. k, x+4[///] [///]
P_23215_Rv_R_001
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Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Late period - Early Ptolemaic dynasty -664 BCE -332 BCE End of the Late Period - Early Ptolemaic Period: paleography (According to: Burkard & Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 160);

 

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P_23215_Rv_R_001
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Literature

 

DatasetID 100011
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 100011 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23215), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.