Pap. Berlin P. 23095
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 23095 |
| 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unpublished |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 |
excavation finds |
| 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 |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The papyrus is preserved in five fragments without direct joins. Their positioning relative to each other is unclear. All margins are damaged.
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Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
recto/verso |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
The text is damaged in form of holes and is mostly rubbed off. On Frg. c, there are ink traces on the verso. The scribe rotated the papyrus vertically to write on the verso |
| Script, Primary |
Late Hieratic |
| Language, Primary |
Middle Egyptian |
| Comments on Handwriting |
The compact handwriting shows slight cursive tendencies.
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
Frg. a: x+3+y
Frg. b: x+4+y
Frg. c: x+3+y
Frg. d: x+3+y
Frd. e: x+8+y
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Frg. c: x+3+y |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
papyrus fragments of unclear content, possibly a tale among other texts |
| Ancient Author of Text |
(Unknown) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- literary | narrative
- scientific | medicine
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| Summary of Content |
It is not possible to make a definite statement about the exact content of the fragments due to its fragmentary state. According to Burkard/ Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 123) it is likely that Frg. e contains a tale.
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| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
There is the demotic preposition: j.jri-ḥr. |
| Location of Composition |
unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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Frg. c
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x+1 | | ḥꜣ.t |
x+2 | | ntf |
x+3 | | ntf |
x+4 | |
Frg. e
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x+1 | |
Jmn j.jry-ḥr pr-ꜥꜣ
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x+2 | | |
x+3 | | |
x+4 | | |
x+5 | | jm=f rmṯ.w jw|
x+6 | | ḏı͗.t ḫꜥ.w n |
x+7 | | jm=s j rmṯ.w ẖr.j nbw |
x+8 | |
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Frg. a
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x+1 | | his blisters [///]|
x+2 | | |
x+3 | | [///]
Frg. b
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x+1 | | [///] live [///]|
x+2 | | |
x+3 | | |
x+4 | | [///]
Frg. c
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x+1 | | [///] beginning(?) [///]|
x+2 | | [///] he(?) [///]|
x+3 | | [///] he(?) [///]|
x+4 | | [///]
Frg. d
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x+1 | | [///]|
x+2 | | [///] the half of the face [///][///]|
x+3 | | [///]
Frg. e
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x+1 | | [///] Amun opposite to/in front of Pharaoh [///]|
x+2 | | [///]|
x+3 | | [///]|
x+4 | | [///] Oh people |
x+5 | | [///] in it. [///]people [///]|
x+6 | | [///] give/put the equipment of [///]|
x+7 | | [///] in it. Oh people below(?) the gold [///]|
x+8 | | [///]
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Dates
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Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Late period or Early Ptolemaic period |
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-746 BCE -30 BCE |
paleopgraphy (According to: Burkard/ Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 123)
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100304 |
| 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 100304 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23095), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Matthias Müller; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |
