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Pap. Berlin P. 23094

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Pap. Berlin P. 23094
Current Location magazine | papyrus depository
Publication Permission Status permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status unpublished

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 / 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
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Borchardt, Ludwig
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type papyrus
Color papyrus
Rotation round vertical axis (side to side)
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation The papyrus is preserved in two fragments without a direct join. Their positioning relative to each other is unclear. All margins are damaged.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto/verso
Inks and Pigments type unclear polychrome black and red
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) The text is damaged in form of holes. On the verso, there are only ink traces.
Script, Primary "Späthieratische Buchschrift"
Language, Primary Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting flowing handwriting style
Comments on Text Layout rubrum on Frg. b
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines Frg. a: x+5+y Frg. b: x+5+y Frg. b: x+2+y
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title papyrus fragments of unclear content
Ancient Author of Text (Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
Summary of Content The content of this object is incomprehensible due to its fragmentary state. The text on the verso is documentary.
Location of Composition unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
Frg. a
R
x+1
x+2 1The determinative Gardiner Sign G54 is preserved. r
x+3=f jb 2The determinative is lost.
x+4 pꜣ ꜥꜣ nṯr.w
x+5

1 The determinative Gardiner Sign G54 is preserved.
2 The determinative is lost.
Frg. b
R
x+1
x+2 n.w qmꜣ 1The determinative is lost.
x+3 m sp tp
x+4.w tp=f
x+5 sp-sn ḥr qmꜣ 2The determinative is lost.

1 The determinative is lost.
2 The determinative is lost.
Frg. b
V
1Few signs of two lines are preserved.


1 Few signs of two lines are preserved.
Frg. a
R
x+1[///]
x+2[///]
x+3[///]
x+4[///] the great one of the gods [///]
x+5[///]
Frg. b
R
x+1[///]
x+2[///] of [///]
x+3[///] at once/together; head [///]
x+4[///] his head [///]
x+5[///] twice [///]
P_23094_R-Handphoto
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P_23094_V-Handphoto
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P_23094_R_001
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P_23094_V_001
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Places (read out from edition)

 

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Late period or Early Ptolemaic period -746 BCE -30 BCE paleopgraphy (According to: Burkard/ Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 231);

 

Pictures

P_23094_R-Handphoto
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P_23094_V-Handphoto
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P_23094_R_001
Reserved Copyright
P_23094_V_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 100303
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Martina Grünhagen; Matthias Müller; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 100303 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23094), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Matthias Müller; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.