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Pap. Berlin P. 23214

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Pap. Berlin P. 23214
Current Location magazine | papyrus depository
Publication Status unpublished

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty:
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery archaeological excavation
Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser) Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty:
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:
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Borchardt, Ludwig
Certainty:

Object

Object Type papyrus
Color papyrus, light
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation The papyrus is preserved in two fragments without direct join, but their positioning relative to each other is unclear. All margins are damaged. There are holes and breaks.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto
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 breaks. Signs of six and ink traces of two lines are preserved. The large uninscribed right margin shows that the fragments contain the beginning of the lines.
Script, Primary Late Hieratic
Language, Primary Middle Egyptian
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines Frg. a: x+3+y Frg. b: x+3+y

 

Text Content

Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • scientific
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 a note by Quack, this object contains a geographically arranged onomasticon.

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
Frg. a
R
x+1 -n 1The determinative (Gardiner Sign O49) shows that the word is the name of a settlement. Burkardt / Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 159 suggest s.t n for the first part, but the combination of a stroke and Gardiner Sign O1 would be remarkable. tꜣ
x+2 sḥtp ḥm=s
x+3 2The name of a settlement is missing. Ink traces and Gardiner Sign O49 are preserved.

1 The determinative (Gardiner Sign O49) shows that the word is the name of a settlement. Burkardt / Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 159 suggest s.t n for the first part, but the combination of a stroke and Gardiner Sign O1 would be remarkable.
2 The name of a settlement is missing. Ink traces and Gardiner Sign O49 are preserved.
Frg. b
R
x+1
x+2n nꜣ šn.w
x+3ꜣbḏ.w
x+4stn 1= sṯnỉ
x+5

1 = sṯnỉ
Frg. a
R
x+1[///]
x+2satisfy her mistress [///]
x+3[///]
Frg. b
R
x+1[///]
x+2of the [///]
x+3Abydos [///]
x+4ennoble/distinguish [///]
x+5[///]
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Places (read out from edition)
  • ꜣbḏ.w (places.xml#s34)
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    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty) -746 BCE -332 BCE paleaography (According to Burkard/ Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 159);

     

    Pictures

    P_23214a-b_R
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    P_23214a-b_V
    CC-BY-NC-SA

     

    Literature

     

    DatasetID 100307
    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 100307 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23214), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Matthias Müller; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.