Pap. Berlin P. 15630
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 15630 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Comments on Inventory |
joining: Pap. Berlin P. 15630, Pap. Berlin P. 15776 + Pap. Berlin P. 23703 |
| 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) |
134 mm | 172 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Consists of three closely joining fragments. The right half is broken off except for the not joining third fragment P. 23703 from the upper right corner. Some holes in the sheet.
The left as well as the lower part is broken off. Breaks and minor holes in the sheet. |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
recto/verso |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) |
parallel (verso) and perpendicular (recto) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
All line beginnings exceot for l 1-2 broken off. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Geübte, flüchtige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Medium line pitch.
Recto: The text covers nearly the entire sheet, with a small upper margin in the height of about one line and an medium right margin.
Verso: The text was placed onto the upper half of the sheet, with a small upper margin. The lower half remains uninscribed, except for the address line. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
9 (whole) |
5+1 (whole) |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
240 |
240 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
110 |
45 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
240 x 110 (P 15630: 165 x 110 |
240 x 45 (P 15630: 65 x 60 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
letter with a response and a report on trouble(?) regarding food |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | letter | horizontal format
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| Summary of Content |
Letter of Espneti-hetnetjer, son of Espmetis, to Snebonychos, containing a response on earlier letters. Report on trouble(?) regarding fowl, beer and wine. |
| 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 | | Voice of Espneti-hetnetjer, son of Espmetis [///] |
2 | | We have heared the things [concerning which] they have sent to us [///]
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| P_15630_R_001 |
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| P_15630_V_001 |
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Late period - Early Ptolemaic dynasty |
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-664 BCE -222 BCE |
Internal dating, without name of the ruler.
Dating by palaeography.; |
Pictures
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| P_15630_R_001 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100319 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
46526 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100319 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15630), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
