Pap. Berlin P. 15641
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 15641 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Comments on Inventory |
registered as existing during revision (1958) |
| Publication Permission Status |
(unknown) |
| Publication Status |
published |
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 |
partage |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1906 and 1908 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Color |
papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
84 mm | 102 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent, on the left side with a further triangular loss. |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
| Comments on Object |
At the right edge a continuous vertical collesis (ca. 1 cm).
According to the inventory "Abschrift und Deutung von W. Erichsen" existing. |
Text Basic Information
| 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. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Flüchtige, relativ deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text covers the upper half of teh preserved sheet, without lateral margins, with a very broad lower margin. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
x+4 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
80 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
40 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
80 x x+40 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
letter with the request of papyrus |
| Ancient Archives |
Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | letter | vertical format
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| Summary of Content |
Letter of Osoroeris, son of Teos, requesting the delivery of payrus as writing material. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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x+1 | | my ḥn=(w) s ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr pꜣ ḥry mšꜥ
r ḏı͗.t
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x+2 | | ı͗n=w n=y ḏmꜥ r sẖ (r-)dbꜣ ḫpr
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x+3 | | ı͗y pꜣy m-ı͗r ḏı͗.t ı͗r=y wš n sẖ pꜣ hrw |
x+4 | | n-ḏr.t Wsı͗r-wr sꜣ Ḏd-Ḥr
ı͗bd 4 šmw sw 1
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x+1 | | May it be commanded by the general/chief of amounts? [to order] |
x+2 | | to deliver to me a papyrus roll for writing, because [///] |
x+3 | | of the arrival! Do not cause me to stop in writing today! |
x+4 | | Issued by Osoroeris, son of Teos, 1st of Mecheir.
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty |
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Mesore |
01 |
-332 BCE -30 BCE |
Dating by palaeography; |
Pictures
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Literature
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den Brinker, Anna Adriana & Muhs, Brian & Vleeming, Sven P., A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents (2005). (16)
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Lüddeckens, Erich, Papyri, Demotische, Berlin (1982). (no. F93)
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Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Ägyptische Handschriften 2 (1971). (no. 133)
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Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Papyri von der Insel Elephantine 2 (1993). (no. 15641 )
| DatasetID |
100256 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
46462 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100256 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15641), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
