Pap. Berlin P. 23092
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 23092 |
| 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unpublished |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 |
Date of Discovery
Term. Ante / Post Quem Non |
between 31 12 1906 and 31 12 1906 |
| 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 |
partage |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Borchardt, Ludwig
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Rotation |
round vertical axis (side to side) |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The papyrus is preserved in six fragments without direct joins. Their positioning relative to each other is unclear. All margins are damaged. Frg. f is a piece from the lower papyrus scroll.
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Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
recto/verso |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink polychrome black and red |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
The text is damaged in form of holes and is rubbed off. There are only ink traces on the verso. |
| Script, Primary |
Late Hieratic |
| Language, Primary |
Middle Egyptian, Late |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
Frg. a: x+4+y
Frg. b: x+2+y
Frg. c: x+3+y
Frg. d: x+3+y
Frd. e: x+3+y
Frg. f: x+4
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ink traces |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Likely a religious text (hymn or ritual?) |
| Ancient Author of Text |
(Unknown) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- religious | polytheistic Egyptian | ritual
- religious-literary | polytheistic Egyptian | hymn
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| Summary of Content |
The content of this object is incomprehensible due to its fragmentary state. Different gods, Ptah and Khnum, and the 1. and 2. Ps. Sg. are mentioned. It is likely that it is a religious text, probably a hymn or a ritual (According to: Burkard/ Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 156). |
| Location of Composition |
unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
Frg. c
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x+I | | |
x+1 | | w|
x+2 | | |
x+3 | |
H̱nmw
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x+4 | |
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x+5 | | |
x+II | | |
x+1 | | |
x+2 | | |
x+3 | | |
x+4 | |
Frg. e
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x+1 | |
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x+2 | |
m rsj n sꜣṯ.w |
x+3 | |
=j ꜥḥꜥ.n bw|
x+4 | |
wnn=sn ḥr sj|
x+5 | |
Frg. f
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1 | |
jw Ptḥ ꜥnḫ n=j |
2 | | n=f rdı͗.n=k sw =k
The text is rubbed off.
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3 | | .n=k sw ꜣbw=f nfr sw
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4 | |
=j rḫ.n=j n.tt
1 The text is rubbed off.
1 only ink traces
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Frg. a
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x+1 | | [///] |
x+2 | | [///] |
x+3 | | [///] |
x+4 | | [///]
Frg. b
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x+1 | | [///]|
x+2 | | [///] |
x+3 | | [///]
Frg. c
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x+I | | |
x+1 | | [///]|
x+2 | | [///]|
x+3 | | [///] Khnum|
x+4 | | [///]|
x+II | | |
x+1 | | [///]|
x+2 | | [///]|
x+3 | | [///]|
x+4 | | [///]
Frg. d
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x+1 | | [///] Ptah; life/live [///] |
x+2 | | [///] is it [///]|
x+3 | | [///]
Frg. e
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x+1 | | [///] |
x+2 | | [///] very [///] on the ground(?) [///]|
x+3 | | [///] Then ...? [///]|
x+4 | | [///] They were [///]|
x+5 | | [///]
Frg. f
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1 | | [///] Ptah, life for me [///]|
2 | | [///] for him. You gave him your ...? [///]|
3 | | [///] You [///] him his beautiful tusk(?). [///]|
4 | | [///] I have known that ...? [///]
1 only ink traces
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 19900 |
man |
Khnum |
חנומ / חנמ |
Aramaic, Imperial |
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Dates
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Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty) |
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paleopgraphy (According to: Burkard/ Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 156)
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Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100013 |
| 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 100013 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23092), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |
