Pap. Berlin P. 13543

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13543
Current Location	magazine
Comments on Inventory	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 1907
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	(not relevant) Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, light
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	327 mm \| 71 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	Only some minor holes in the sheet.
Mounting	framed under glass

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	"Gute, kräftige, sorgfältige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Medium line pitch. The text was placed onto the upper half of the surface of the papyrus, without lateral margins but a broad one on top. The lower half remains uninscribed.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	12	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	65	0
Column Height (in mm)	140	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	65 x 140	0

Text Content

Modern Title	letter concerning support for an application for the position as a lesonis
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Eschnoumpmetis, son of Snebonychos (carrier of Ra, Vorsteher der heiligen Binden) alle zusammenfügen. cf. 8066, wohl nicht derselbe!
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| vertical format
Summary of Content	Letter of Eschnompmetis, son of Snebonychos, to Herakleides. He requires support concerning his application for the position as a lesonis priest of Chnoum. Regarding Pap. Berlin P. 15522 his application was successful.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	The composition of the letter was made in Elephantine, while the intended destination was possibly Thebes. The letter has not been sent, or this papyrus is only the draft.
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	Ns-H̱nm-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Ns-nb-ꜥnḫ
2	pꜣ nty ḏd (n) Hrgrṱ ¹Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 48 doubt the identification with the individual mentioned in UPZ II 162 with identical name and title. pa Tꜣ-št-rsy
3	ı͗w=f ḫpr ı͗w mr=w s ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr=k
4	mtw=k ı͗r pꜣy=(y) ꜥš-sḥn ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr pꜣ ḥry N.t
5	mtw=k ḏı͗.t ı͗r=w ḏı͗=(y) mr-šn H̱nm ẖr pꜣ ḥḏ (dbn) 20
6	r.hb=y n.ı͗m=w (n) pꜣ ḥry N.t ²Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 48. A reading variant is given by Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 1 (1978): „6\| die ich dem Vorsteher von Theben geschickt habe.“ ı͗w=y (r)
7	ḏı͗.t ḥḏ (dbn) 5 r sttr 25 r ḥḏ (dbn) 5 ꜥn
8	r pꜣ ꜥ.wı͗ pa Tꜣ-št-rsy pꜣy=w ssw
9	n ḏı͗.t ḥsb.t 3.t ı͗bd 3 šmw ḥḏ (dbn) 1 qd.t 5 ḥsb.t 4.t
10	ı͗bd 2 ꜣḫ.t ḥḏ (dbn) 1 tpy pr.t 1 ı͗bd 4 pr.t
11	ḥḏ (dbn) 1 qd.t 5 r ḥḏ (dbn) 5 ꜥn sẖ Ns-H̱nm-pꜣ-mtr
12	sꜣ Ns-nb-ꜥnḫ n ḥsb.t 3.t ı͗bd 2 šmw 29

¹ Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 48 doubt the identification with the individual mentioned in UPZ II 162 with identical name and title.
² Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 48. A reading variant is given by Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 1 (1978): „6| die ich dem Vorsteher von Theben geschickt habe.“

1	Eschnompmetis, son of Snebonychos
2	is the one who speaks to Herakleid(es), the (chief) ¹Lit.„He of the southern land“, see also l. 8 of this papyrus. of the southern land:
3	If it is pleasing to you
4	and if you organize my case with the chief of Thebes,
5	and if you cause me to be appointed as lesonis of Chnoum, for 20 silver (deben),
6	concerning which I have already sent to the chief of Thebes, then I will
7	give 5 silver (deben), yields 25 staters, yields 5 silver (deben) again,
8	to the house of the (chief) of the Southern land. Their payment
9	date ²Lit.: „Time of giving“.: 3rd regnal year, Epeiph: 1 silver (deben), 5 kite. 4th regnal year,
10	Phaophi: 1 silver (deben). Tybi: 1 (deben). Pharmuthi:
11	1 silver (deben), 5 kite. Yields (total) 5 silver (deben) again. Written by Eschnompmetis,
12	son of Snebonychos, in the 3rd regnal year, 29th of Payni.

¹ Lit.„He of the southern land“, see also l. 8 of this papyrus.
² Lit.: „Time of giving“.

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Places (read out from edition)

Tꜣ-št-rsy (places.xml#d147)

N.t (places.xml#s2)

Tꜣ-št-rsy (places.xml#d147)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
1115	man	Herakleides (P. 13543, 23586)	Hrgrṱ	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios IV Philopator	03	Payni	29	-219 August 7 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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Literature

DatasetID	100291
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	46472
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100291 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13543), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.