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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 13617 |
Current Location | magazine |
Comments on Inventory | joining: Pap. Berlin P. 13617 + Pap. Berlin P. 23676 |
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 |
Date of Discovery Term. Ante / Post Quem Non |
between 2 3 1906 and 2 3 1906 |
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 1906 |
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
Object Type | papyrus |
Color | papyrus, dark |
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 275 mm | 155 mm | mm |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | The right edge is lost at the section of lines 4-11. Several holes in the sheet, one larger in the middle of the upper edge. |
Mounting | framed under glass |
Comments on Object | The papyrus is still mounted on paper (06/2016). Continuous vertical sheet joins (kollesis) (1 cm) in the left and the very right parts each (cf. joining fragment Pap Berlin P. 23676). |
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) | Beginning of lines 4 - 11 lost. Some holes with minor text losses. | |
Script, Primary | Early Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Early Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige frühdemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2). Wirth eight autographic witness signatures. | |
Comments on Text Layout | Wide line pitch. Recto: The text covers nearly the entire surface of the sheet, with broad upper and lower margins, and a broad equal right margin. col. 1: l.1 - 12 (Text) col. 2; l. l.13 - 18: witnesses signatures col. 3; l. l.19 - 20: witnesses signatures. The lower left section remains uninscribed. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | 20 | 0 |
Quantity of Columns | 3 | 0 |
Line Lenght (in mm) | 145 | 0 |
Column Height (in mm) | 220 | 0 |
Height of Line / Letter | ||
Line Distance | 145 x 220 | 0 |
Modern Title | contract of lease concerning a lot of land on Elephantine island |
Ancient Archives | (Uncertain) |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Contract of lease concerning an allotment on Elephantine, drawn by Esp-[?], son of Espudjathotes, to [///]. |
Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
Gender | Man |
Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |