Pap. Berlin P. 13547

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13547
Current Location	magazine
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 (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

Object Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, light
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	196 mm \| 56 mm \| mm
Criteria for Dating	Alter Text (ca. 16 Zeilen) sorgfältig ausgewischt. Nicht datierbar.
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	Some horizontal breaks. Upper edge partly broken off.
Mounting	framed under glass
Comments on Object	Palimpsest. On the recto very faded traces of an anterior text. Vertical continous sheet join (kollesis) (ca. 1 cm).

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)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	Complete.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Flüchtige, wenig sorgfältige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. The text was placed centered onto the surface of the papyrus, with very small lateral margins and broader margins on top and bottom.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	13	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	47
Column Height (in mm)	140
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	47 x 140	0

Text Content

Modern Title	letter concerning supply for the divine falcon
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Chnoummachis (P. 13547)
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| vertical format religious \| polytheistic Egyptian
Summary of Content	Letter of Chnoummachis to Haryotes, being an answer to a previous (not preserved) letter with a request concerning supply of the divine falcon. The sender had caused to deliver meat of donkeys to a pastophor.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	ḫrw H̱nm-m-ꜣḫ.t m-bꜣḥ
2	Ḥr-wḏꜣ pꜣ sẖ ı͗r.ṱ.w
3	ı͗ ḏı͗ Pꜣ-Rꜥ q(y) pꜣy=f ꜥḥꜥ
4	ı͗n=w n=y pꜣy ⸢bky?⸣ r-dbꜣ
5	tꜣ ẖr(.t) pꜣ bı͗k ḏı͗=y
6	ḏı͗=w ı͗wf ꜥꜣy
7	10 (n-)ḏr.t pꜣ ı͗ry-ꜥꜣ r.ḏı͗=k
8	ı͗y=f r ẖ pꜣy hb=k
9	n.ı͗m=f ı͗w=f ḫpr ı͗w
10	wn md(.t) dy my
11	ḥn=w s mtw=k hb
12	n=y n.ı͗m=s n-ḏr.t
13	n ḥsb.t 3 ı͗bd 1 ꜣḫ.t sw 24

1	Voice of Chnoummachis before
2	Haryotes, the scribe-of-eyes:
3	Oh may Pre cause his lifetime to be long!
4	It was brought to me this letter ¹Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 13. concerning
5	the food of the falcon. I have caused
6	the meat of 10
7	donkeys to be given to the pastophor, whom you
8	caused to come, according to that (matter) which you have ²For the translation cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 49. sent
9	about. If it happens that here ³According to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 49. Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 1 (1978): „dort“.is
10	something (which is desired): It may
11	be ordered that you send
12	to me about it. Written
13	in the 3rd regnal year, 24th of Thoth.

¹ Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 13.
² For the translation cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 49.
³ According to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 49. Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 1 (1978): „dort“.

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
9880	man	Chnoummachis (P. 13547)	H̱nm-m-Ꜣḫ.t	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early)	03	Thoth	24	-332 BCE -222 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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Literature

DatasetID	100279
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	46475
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100279 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13547), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.