Pap. Berlin P. 13615

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13615
Current Location	magazine
Comments on Inventory	joining: Pap. Berlin P. 13606 a-b + Pap. Berlin P. 13615 + Pap. Berlin P. 15824 a-b
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 / 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)	278 mm \| 546 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Consists of five joining fragments. The lateral parts are broken off. Several holes of different size. Papyrus partly blurry.
Mounting	In 2 glass frames
Restoration Activities	"Muss noch restauriert werden." (Zauzich VOHD XIX,2)

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)	Several partly joining fragments. All line beginnings and endings lost in undetermined extent. Several holes with text losses.
Script, Primary	Early Demotic
Language, Primary	Early Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Geübte, ziemlich sorgfältige frühdemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Wilde line pitch. Col. 1: 3+y l. Col 2: 23 l. Col 3: 23 l. Col 4: 23 l. Col 5: x+15 l. Columns mainly right-aligned and with large distance to each other.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	Col. 1: ca. 19 l. Col. 2: 25 l. Col. 3: 23+x l. Col. 4: 23 l. Col. 5: 23 l. Col. 6: x+15 l. Col. 7:	0
Quantity of Columns	9	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	135	0
Column Height (in mm)	105	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	135 x 105 (ca.)	0

Modern Title	list of participants of a military expedition under pharaoh Amasis
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown [not mentioned in text])
Text Types	documentary \| list \| name list
Summary of Content	List of participants of a military expedition under pharaoh Amasis. Mention of Syrian mercenaries attending the expedition.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Transcription

Translation

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P_13615-Kl-V-IX_R

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P_13615-Kl-V-IX_V

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Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
115	(unknown)	(Currently unknown)	(Currently unknown)	(not identified)

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Amasis	41	Choiak		-530 April 3 BCE -530 May 2 BCE	internal dating, with name of the ruler;

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P_13615-Kl-V-IX_V

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DatasetID	100273
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	45693
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100273 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13615), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.