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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 13581 |
| Current Location | magazine |
| Comments on Inventory | registered as existing during revision (1958) |
| Publication Permission Status | permission for publication assigned |
| 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 (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 1906 and 1907 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
| Object Type | papyrus |
| Color | papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 220 mm | 64 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. Some minor holes. |
| Mounting | framed under glass |
| Comments on Object | On the right side a continous vertical sheet join (kollesis) (0.9 cm). |
| 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) | On top broken off in undetermined extent. | |
| Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Sorgfältige, überwiegend gut lesbare mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift, etwas nach rechts geneigt." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Medium line pitch. The text shows no lateral margins. At the bottom a larger part, presumably about ⅓ of the entire sheet, remains uninscribed. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | x+13 | 0 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 55 | |
| Column Height (in mm) | 135 | |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 55 x 135 | 0 |
| Modern Title | Letter of recommendation, together with request of support |
| Ancient Archives | unclear |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
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| Summary of Content | Letter of Teos, son of Nepherpres, containing a letter of recommendation for a man, who is described as a person who can not be replaced. Attached is a request to supporting him, amongst other things with working staff. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
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| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 12115 | man | Komoapis (P.13581) | Gm=w-ḥp | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic Dynasty (early) | 06 | Payni | 17 | -332 BCE -222 BCE | Dating by palaeography. Internal dating, without name of the ruler.; |
| P_13581_R-Handphoto |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| P_13581_R_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| DatasetID | 100263 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46488 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100263 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13581), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
