Pap. Berlin P. 13513

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13513
Publication Number	P.Eleph. 7
Current Location	magazine
Comments on Inventory	coiled up together with Pap. Berlin P. 13512 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 (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
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Simon, James Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, dark
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	320 mm \| 82 mm \| mm
Dating	between -224 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	Several smaller and larger holes in the sheet.
Mounting	framed under glass
Comments on Object	The papyrus is still mounted on paper (04/2016).

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)	Partly faded. Some larger holes with loss of text.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Script, additional A	Greek
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Language, additional A	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	"Flüchtige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. On top three lines, separted from the following main text by an uninscribed part. Main text without lateral magins. At the bottom, the Greek subscription was placed below the Demotic text with some distance.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	3+19+4	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	75	0
Column Height (in mm)	170	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	75 x 25 + 75 x 170 + 65 x 30 (Greek)	0

Text Content

Modern Title	oath
Ancient Archives	praktor archive \| Euphronios
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Thotmosis, son of Harsiesis, hierogrammateus of Apollonos polis magna
Text Types	documentary \| oath \| vertical format
Summary of Content	Royal oath taken by Thotomous, son of Harpaesis, to Praktor Euphronios. Promise of payment of the outstanding debts. Greek subscription with summary of content.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual)	Greek subscription: Summary of content.
Location of Composition	Edfou / Apollonpolis magna Upper Egypt, 2nd nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Bilingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

1	pꜣ ꜥnḫ r.ı͗r Ḏḥwtı͗-ms sꜣ Ḥr-pa-ꜣs.t n
2	ꜣwprnys pꜣ rgtr n nꜣ rpı͗
3	n ḥsb.t 23 ı͗bd 3 pr.t sw 17
4	ḥm Ḥr-pa-ꜣs.t ḥm Ptḥ ḥm nꜣ nṯr.w-mnḫ(.w) ¹Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, Demotische Berichtigungsliste (2005), 203: „Ḥr--?- „.
5	Ḏḥwtı͗-ms sꜣ Ḥr-pa-ꜣs.t pꜣ nty ḏd n ꜣwprnys
6	pꜣ rgtr n nꜣ rpı͗ tw=y ı͗r ꜥnḫ ²Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, Demotische Berichtigungsliste (2005), 203. Original reading „[of the nome of Edfou]“.
7	n rn pr-ꜥꜣ Pṱrwmys
8	sꜣ Pṱrwmys ı͗rm tꜣ pr-ꜥꜣ(.t) ³For this title cf. also Moje, Herrscherfrauen (2013), with further literature.
9	Brg ı͗rm nꜣ nṯr.w-sn.w nꜣ nṯr.w-mnḫ.w
10	ı͗rm ꜣs.t ı͗rm Wsı͗r-Ḥp ı͗rm nꜣ nṯr.w
11	(n) Kmy ḏr=w ı͗w=y (r) ḥms n
12	pꜣ tš (n) Dbꜣ ı͗rm nꜣy=k rd.w
13	nꜣ sp.w r.sẖ=y n=k n nꜣ rnp.wt r-wn-nꜣ.w-ı͗w
14	=y ḏlꜥ=w ⁴See also Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, Demotische Berichtigungsliste (2005), 203.n.ı͗m=w r-ẖ pꜣ nty sẖ n=k
15	n-ḏr.t nꜣ sẖ.w (n) nꜣy=k rd.w
16	ı͗w=y (r) ḏı͗.t pḥ=w n-ḏr.ṱ=k ḥnꜥ nꜣ ms nty ꜥ.wy=w
17	ı͗w=f-ḫpr ı͗w=y (r) ı͗r=f pꜣ ꜥnḫ nty-ḥry n ꜥnḫ
18	mꜣꜥ tw=y ẖn nꜣ ḥs.w n pr-ꜥꜣ ⁵Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, Demotische Berichtigungsliste (2005), 203.
19	ı͗w =y (r) ı͗r=f n ꜥḏ tw=y ẖn pꜣ rꜥ ⁶Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, Demotische Berichtigungsliste (2005), 203.
20	ı͗w bn-ı͗w=y shꜥy.ṱ=y? ı͗w n-ı͗w=y šm r
21	ꜥ.wy-n-ꜥnḫ ꜥ.wy-n-nḫṱ 7⁷Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, Demotische Berichtigungsliste (2005), 203.
22	sẖ n ḥsb.t 23 ı͗bd 3 pr.t sw 17

¹ Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, Demotische Berichtigungsliste (2005), 203: „Ḥr--?- „.
² Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, Demotische Berichtigungsliste (2005), 203. Original reading „[of the nome of Edfou]“.
³ For this title cf. also Moje, Herrscherfrauen (2013), with further literature.
⁴ See also Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, Demotische Berichtigungsliste (2005), 203.
⁵ Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, Demotische Berichtigungsliste (2005), 203.
⁶ Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, Demotische Berichtigungsliste (2005), 203.
⁷ Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, Demotische Berichtigungsliste (2005), 203.

23	ὅρκος Θοτμώσιος Ἅρσιος (sic) ἱερογραμματέως
24	Ἀπόλλωνος πόλεως τῆς μεγάλης
25	περὶ τῶν ὀφειλημάτων, ὅπως
26	ἀγάγῃ εἰς ὁμόλογον

1	The oath which has taken Thotomous, son of Harpaesis, to
2	Euphronios, praktor of the temples,
3	in 23rd regnal year, 17th of Phamenoth.
4	The priest of (the god) Horus-son-of-Isis, priest of Ptah, priest of the Gods Euergetai
5	Thotomous, son of Harpaesis, is the one who speaks to Euphronios,
6	praktor [of the temples]: [I take an oath]
7	in the name of Pharaoh Ptolemaios (III.),
8	son of Ptolemaios (II.), and (in the name of) the Female Pharaoh
9	Berenike (II.) and (in the name of) the gods Adelphoi, (and in the name of) the gods Euergetai
10	and of Isis [and Serapis and] of all [gods]
11	of Egypt. I will hold a meeting in
12	the nome of Edfu, together with your attorneys.
13	The arrears, which I have recorded for you in those years
14	in which I should have collected them, according to that was was written for you
15	by the scribes (of) [your] attorneys,
16	those I will hand over to you together with the interest burdened(?) on them.
17	Provided that I shall take the oath above as a true
18	oath, I will be among those who are favored by Pharaoh.
19	If I will take it as a false one, I will be in punishment,
20	and I will not escape to
21	a place-of-oath (or) a place-of-protection.
22	Written in 23rd regnal year, 17th of Phamenoth.
23	Oath of Thotomous, son of Harpaesis, Hierogrammateus
24	from Edfou
25	concerning the obligations, so that
26	he fulfills them accordingly.

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Places (read out from edition)

Dbꜣ (places.xml#s29)

Ἀπόλλωνος τῆς μεγάληςπόλεως (places.xml#s29)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
655	woman	Berenike II. / the female pharaoh	Brg, Brnỉg, Ꜣbrnge, Brg (sỈc), Brng, BrnygꜢ / tꜣ pr-ꜥꜣ.t	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios III Euergetes	23	Phamenoth	17	-224 April 28 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

Pictures

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Literature

DatasetID	100283
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03748
Trismegistos	5841
Papyri.info	ddbdp/p.eleph;;7
Author	Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100283 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13513), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje (Demotic); Ruth Duttenhöfer (Greek).