Pap. Berlin P. 15501
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 15501 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Comments on Inventory |
corded together with P. 15002, 15003, 15004; registered as existing during revision (1958) |
| 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 (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 1907 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Color |
papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
48 mm | 189 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The lateral edges as well as the lower one are damaged. Loss of a larger part in the lower right section (after 1945). |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
| Comments on Object |
On a photo prior to 1945 the lower right corner, today lost, is still existing completely. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
recto |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) |
perpendicular (recto) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Partly faded. Beginning of the last line lost (after 1945). |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Flüchtige, wenig sorgfältige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The right-aligned text covers nearly the entire preserved part of the sheet, with small upper and right margins. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
170 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
35 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
170 x 35 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
Letter concerning the endowment of the archentaphiast |
| Ancient Archives |
Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | letter | horizontal format
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| Summary of Content |
Letter of Psintaes, son of Petepiphis, to the lesonis Snebonychos. It contains a request for assignment of three jars with tgm oil for the endowment of the archentaphiast who will come to Aswan. Same context with identical sender/ address: Pap. Berlin P. 15501 - 15503. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic Dynasty (early) |
05 |
Payni |
17 |
-332 BCE -222 BCE |
Dating by palaeography.; |
Pictures
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| P_15501_R |
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| P_15501_R_Altphoto |
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| P_15501_V |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100324 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
46495 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100324 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15501), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
