Pap. Berlin P. 15606

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Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 15606
Current Location	magazine
Comments on Inventory	joining: Pap. Berlin P. 15606, Pap. Berlin P. 15613, Pap. Berlin P. 23569 + Pap. Berlin P. 23652
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication assigned

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
Date of Discovery Term. Ante / Post Quem Non	between 15 12 1906 and 15 12 1906
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 1906
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	(not relevant) Certainty: high

Object Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, light
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	55 mm \| 120 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The right part and the lower part are broken off in undetermined extent. Some larger holes on the right side. Several breaks in the sheet. Measurements of the entire papyrus: Height: 20,5 cm. Width 34,5 cm.
Mounting	together in 1 glass frame
Comments on Object	According to the inventory "Abschrift und Deutung von W. Erichsen" existing.

Localization of Text on Object	recto/verso
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	parallel (recto) and perpendicular (verso)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Line beginnings list. Several large holes with substantial text losses.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Flüchtige, mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Medium line pitch. Colums right-aligned, separated from each other by smalll distance.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	Col. I: 16 + x +11 Z., Col. II: 6, Col. III:14+ x +12, Col. IV: 15+x(?)+3, Col. V: 11+x(?)+6	Col.I: 9+x+13, Col. II: 11+x+13, Col. III: 11+x+13, Col. IV: 11+x+1
Quantity of Columns	5	4
Line Lenght (in mm)	340	280
Column Height (in mm)	140	165
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	340 x 140	280 x 165

Modern Title	account of delivery of bread and grain to the sanctuary
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown [not mentioned in text])
Text Types	documentary \| account
Summary of Content	Account of delivery of baked bread loafs and grain to the sanctuary for a period of 19 days.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
865	man	Espmetis, son of Espneti-hetnetjer (carrier-of-Ra and lesonis)	Ns-pꜢ-mtr sꜢ Ns-pꜢ-nty-(n-)ḥ.t-nṯr	pre-Coptic Egyptian

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaic dynasty	10	Phaophi		-332 BCE -30 BCE	;

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DatasetID	100315
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	45729
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100315 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15606), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.