Pap. Berlin P. 15603
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 15603 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
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 |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1906 and 1908 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Color |
papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
80 mm | 132 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The upper and lower edges are heavily damaged. Several minor holes in the sheet. |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
| Comments on Object |
Palimpest.
On the recto as well as on the verso some traces of an anterior text.
According to the inventory "Abschrift und Deutung von W. Erichsen" existing. |
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) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Partly faded. Only some minor text losses. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Flüchtige, wenig deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text as a block was placed onto the right half of the sheet, with a broad right margin. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
50 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
60 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
50 x 60 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
account of priests connected with their income |
| Ancient Archives |
Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
List of income of priests of the 4th phyle |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | ⸢6th⸣ of Hathyr. |
2 | | ..?.. 4th phyle |
3 | | Hatres, (son) of Horos: ⸢8 (deben)⸣. |
4 | | 8th day, to Eschnoumis, son of Payris: [_] 6 (deben) |
5 | | Thotemhat, (son) of Peteesis: |
6 | | [_] 2 (deben).
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| Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 35830 |
man |
Eschnoumis, son of Payris |
Ns-H̱nm sꜣ Pa-Ḥr |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty |
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-332 BCE -30 BCE |
Dating by palaeography. ; |
Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100311 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
45700 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100311 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15603), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
