Pap. Berlin P. 13529

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13529
Publication Number	P.Eleph. 26
Current Location	magazine
Comments on Inventory	laying within Pap. Berlin P. 13528 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

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, dark
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	324 mm \| 95 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	The edges are damaged by several holes. Holes stringedalong the folding.
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)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	Partly heavily faded. Some holes with minor text losses.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Script, additional A	Greek
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Language, additional A	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	"Flüchtige, doch relativ deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Recto: Medium line pitch. Main text is placed centered onto the papyrus, without lateral margins. Larger free space to the upper text. Greek with small distance below the main text, with larger line pitch.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6+17 + 6 (Greek)	0
Quantity of Columns	3	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	100
Column Height (in mm)	160
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	100 x 45 + 100 x 160 + 70 x 50 (Greek)	0

Text Content

Modern Title	royal oath concerning debt collection of linen
Ancient Archives	praktor archive \| Milon
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Harsiesis, son of Peteharsomtous
Text Types	documentary documentary \| contract \| vertical format documentary \| oath \| vertical format
Summary of Content	Royal oath of Harsiesis, son of Peteharsomtus before Praktor Milon. He obligates himself to cause the non-paying priests in Edfou to deliver the requested royal linen for the treasury. Subscription in Greek with summary of content.
Relationship of Texts (bilingual)	Subscription in Greek: Summary of content.
Location of Composition	Edfou / Apollonpolis magna Upper Egypt, 2nd nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok old photo in berlpap
Multilingualism	Bilingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

1	ḥsb.t 23 ı͗bd 3 pr.t n pr-ꜥꜣ Pṱrwmys sꜣ Pṱrwmys
2	ı͗rm tꜣ pr-ꜥꜣ.t ¹For this title cf. also Moje, Herrscherfrauen (2013), with further literature.Brg (sic) nꜣ nṯr.w sn.w nꜣ nṯr.w nty mnḫ.w
3	Ḥr-pꜣ-ꜣs.t sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḥr-smꜣ-tꜣ.wı͗ pꜣ nty ḏd tw=y ı͗r pꜣ ꜥnḫ pr-ꜥꜣ nty ḥry
4	nꜣ sẖ.w nty ı͗w wn šs(?) ²Spiegelberg translates more literal „unter welchen das Leinen des Königs steht“.n pr-ꜥꜣ ẖr-r=w ı͗rm nꜣ sẖ.w n Ḥr-bḥdt(.t)
5	nꜣ nṯr.(w.) sn(.w) nꜣ nṯr.(.w) nty mnḫ(.w) ı͗w=y (r) ḏı͗.t s n pꜣ bnr(?) n pꜣ(?) ¼ pꜣ bnr n ꜥ.wy
6	n ꜥnḫ ꜥ.wy n nḫt SPACE: hight of 3 lines
7	Ḥr-sꜣ-ꜣs.t sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḥr-smꜣ-tꜣ.wı͗ nty šn n ḥ.t-nṯr n Db pꜣ nty ḏd n ³Spiegelberg gives in his edition additionally Mln pꜣ, cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202.
8	rd ꜣwprnys pꜣ rgtr n nꜣ ı͗rpy n pꜣ tš Db
9	tw=y ı͗r ꜥnḫ rn pr-ꜥꜣ Pṱrwmys
10	sꜣ Pṱrwmys ı͗rm pr-ꜥꜣ.t Brg (sic)
11	nꜣ nṯr.(w) sn(.w) nꜣ nṯr(.w) nty mnḫ(.w) ı͗rm ꜣs.t ı͗rm Wsı͗r ⁴Spiegelberg read „Sarapis“.
12	ı͗rm nꜣ nṯr(.w) n Kmy ḏr.w nꜣ rmṯ.w ı͗r mr-šn ⁵Instead of nꜣ rmṯ.w nty šn „ihr Vorsteher“ (Spiegelberg), cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202. n ḥ.t-nṯr n Db
13	nty ı͗w wn sp n šs n pr-ꜥꜣ ⁶Contra Ḥr (K. Sethe), cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202. r-ꜥw(?) ı͗w=y (r) ḏı͗.t s(?) r ḏr.t(?) ⁷According to Spiegelberg.
14	tꜣ šm.t(?) ⁸Reading uncertain, as well as the reading hmk.t (Sethe). Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202.ı͗rm pꜣy=k rd pꜣ bnr n ꜥ.wy-ꜥnḫ ꜥ.wy-nḫt
15	ı͗w=y (r) ḏı͗(.t) ḥms nꜣ sẖ.w n ḥ.t-nṯr ı͗rm pꜣ=k rd
16	r nꜣ sp r(?) sẖ=w ı͗w=y (r) ḫpr wbꜣ nꜣ sp
17	r bn-pw=y srrꜥ=w pꜣ nty ı͗w bn-ı͗w nꜣ sẖ n ḥ.t-nṯr
18	(r) ḏı͗.t smn=f n pꜣ rmṯ r sẖ=w s (r) ḏı͗=f ı͗w=y (r) ḏı͗(.t) ḏı͗.w=s n pꜣy=k rd
19	r sẖ ⁹Suggestion J. Moje. pꜣ ı͗rp(?) n ḥ.t-nṯr ı͗w bn-ı͗w ı͗w=y (r) ḏı͗(.t) ı͗r=s nty ḥry(?) ¹⁰According to Spiegelberg.
20	ı͗w=y (r) ı͗r pꜣ ꜥnḫ
21	n ꜥnḫ mꜣꜥ.t tw=y ẖn tꜣ ḥs.w ¹¹Contra ḥs.t (Spiegelberg), cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202.n pr-ꜥꜣ
22	ı͗w=y (r) ı͗r=f n ꜥḏ tw=y ẖn pꜣ rꜥ
23	Ḥr-sꜣ-ꜣs.t (sꜣ) Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḥr-smꜣ-tꜣ.wı͗ ı͗w=f ḏd ı͗w=y (r) ı͗r r ẖ md.(t) nb ¹²Contra pꜣ(?) sš(?) „geschrieben“ (Spiegelberg), according to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202. nty ḥry

¹ For this title cf. also Moje, Herrscherfrauen (2013), with further literature.
² Spiegelberg translates more literal „unter welchen das Leinen des Königs steht“.
³ Spiegelberg gives in his edition additionally Mln pꜣ, cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202.
⁴ Spiegelberg read „Sarapis“.
⁵ Instead of nꜣ rmṯ.w nty šn „ihr Vorsteher“ (Spiegelberg), cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202.
⁶ Contra Ḥr (K. Sethe), cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202.
⁷ According to Spiegelberg.
⁸ Reading uncertain, as well as the reading hmk.t (Sethe). Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202.
⁹ Suggestion J. Moje.
¹⁰ According to Spiegelberg.
¹¹ Contra ḥs.t (Spiegelberg), cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202.
¹² Contra pꜣ(?) sš(?) „geschrieben“ (Spiegelberg), according to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202.

24	∟ κδ Φαμενὼθ κ ὅρκος Ἁρσιήσιος
25	τοῦ παρὰ Σκονομήτιος ἐπιστάτου τοῦ
26	ἐν Ἀπόλλωνος πόλει τῆι μεγάληι ἱεροῦ, ἐφʼ ὧι
27	τοὺς ὀφείλοντας τὴν β̣υ̣σ̣σ̣ί̣ν̣η̣ν
28	παραδώσει Ἄνδρωνι ¹This is the brother of praktor Milon. καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ ὀφει-
29	λήματα συνεισάξει.

¹ This is the brother of praktor Milon.

1	23rd regnal year, Phamenoth, of Pharaoh Ptolemaios (III.), son of Ptolemaios (II.),
2	and of the Female Pharaoh Berenike (II.), { the gods Adelphoi,} the gods Euergetai.
3	Harpaesis, son of Peteharsomtous is the one who speaks: I take the oath to Pharaoh mentioned above:
4	You scribes, who are responsible for the royal linen, and you scribes of Horus of Edfou,
5	(and) of the gods Adelphoi (and) the gods Euergetai: I will give it apart from the ¼ - beyond the place-
6	-of-oath and the place-of-protection.
7	Harsiesis, son of Peteharsomtus, the inspector of the temple in Edfou [is the one who speaks to]
8	[the attorney Euph]ronios, praktor of the temple in the district of [Edfou].
9	I take an oath in the name of Pharaoh Ptolemaios (III.),
10	[son of] Ptolemaios (II.), and of the Female Pharaoh Berenike (II.),
11	of the gods Adelphoi, of the Gods Euergetai, and of Isis and Osiris
12	and of all gods of Egypt: Those people, who have been high priest in the temple of Edfou,
13	who owe arrears for the royal linen, I will give it(?) in the hand(?)
14	of --?-- and of your attorney beyond the place-of-oath and the place-of-protection.
15	I will let the scribes of the temple sit with your representative,
16	[so that they control] the arrears, in order to note them. I shall take care of the arrears
17	[///], as I will not delay them (scil. their payment). That (amount), which the scribes of the temples will not
18	[declare] for everyone, by prescribing him for payment, with this I shall provide your representative,
19	as the wine(?) of the temple will be registered, which I will not let be made ..?.. mentioned above(?)
20	--?—If I will take the oath
21	as a true oath, I shall be among among those who are favored by Pharaoh,
22	If I will take it as a false one, I shall be punished ¹Instead of rm „Tränen“ (Spiegelberg), cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202..
23	[///] Harsiesis, (son of) Peteharsomtus. He says: I will act according to every word mentioned above.
24	23rd regnal year, 20th of Phamenoth. The oath of Harsieses,
25	the representative of the epistates Skonometis, the
26	priest in Edfou under the (following) condition:
27	The debtors of the linen [///]
28	he will assign to Andron, (furthermore:) The temple arrears,
29	he will produce them.

¹ Instead of rm „Tränen“ (Spiegelberg), cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 202.

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Places (read out from edition)

Db (places.xml#s29)

pꜣ rgtr (places.xml#t122)

Db (places.xml#s29)

rd (places.xml#t52)

Ἀπόλλωνος τῆι πόλει (places.xml#s29)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4605	man	Andron (P. 13529)	Ἄνδρων	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios III Euergetes	24	Phamenoth	20	-224 May 1 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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Literature

DatasetID	100285
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03763
Trismegistos	44567
Papyri.info	ddbdp/p.eleph;;26
Author	Jan Moje; Emil Joubert (bibliography)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100285 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13529), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Emil Joubert (bibliography).