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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 15637 (= P. 15637 + P. 15803) |
Current Location | magazine |
Comments on Inventory | joining: Pap. Berlin P. 15637 + Pap. Berlin P. 15803 registered as existing during revision (1958) |
Publication Permission Status | (unknown) |
Publication Status | published |
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 | partage |
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution | between 1906 and 1908 |
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
Object Type | papyrus |
Color | papyrus, dark |
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 230 mm | 55 mm | mm |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | Consists of two fragments. The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. Several holes in the sheet. Measurements Pap Berlin P. 15637: 55 x 125 mm. |
Mounting | framed under glass |
Comments on Object | Palimpsest. On the recto traces of an anterior text. According to the inventory "Abschrift und Deutung von W. Erichsen" existing. |
Localization of Text on Object | recto | |
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel (recto) | |
Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. Joined from Pap. Berlin P. 15637 (lower part) und P. 15803 (upper part). Only minor text damages. | |
Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
Comments on Text Layout | Wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire sheet, without lateral margins, with a broad lower margin. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | x+15 | 0 |
Quantity of Columns | 1 | 0 |
Line Lenght (in mm) | 45 | 0 |
Column Height (in mm) | 180 | 0 |
Height of Line / Letter | ||
Line Distance | 45 x x+180 (P. 15637: 45 x 85) | 0 |
Modern Title | letter requesting an Isis oracle concerning travel intentions |
Ancient Archives | Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive | Isis cult section |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Letter with an inquiry to an Isis priest(?) to obtain an oracle of Isis. It should be requested wheather the sender should travel (to the Thebais?) or stay on Elephantine. |
Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
Gender | Man |
Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 For the translation cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54. |
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Places (read out from edition) |
ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
8060 | not applicable | (No persons mentioned in the [preserved] text) | (No persons mentỈoned Ỉn the [preserved] text) | (none) |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early) | 02 | Mecheir | 29 | -332 BCE -222 BCE | ; |
DatasetID | 100255 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos | 46461 |
Author | Jan Moje |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100255 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15637 (= P. 15637 + P. 15803)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |