Pap. Berlin P. 15706
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 15706 |
| 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) |
211 mm | 64 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. Damages at the lateral edges, one horizontal break along the second preserved line. |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
| Comments on Object |
Palimpsest.
Traces of an anterior text (= TM 98041, P. 15076 Vso). |
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) |
Upper part broken off in undetermined extent. Line beginnings and endings partly damaged.
Old text on verso faded. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Flüchtige, teilweise wenig deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch
Recto: The text covers nearly the entire sheet, with a small lower margin.
Verso: Traces in the middle of the sheet.
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
x+17 |
8 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
60 |
15 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
195 |
90 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
60 x x+195 |
15 x 90 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
letter about a person who was not able to reach his destination |
| Ancient Archives |
Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | letter | vertical format
- documentary | list
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| Summary of Content |
Recto new text:
Letter of Esminis, son of Teos(?), informing the addressee that a certain Onnophris was not able to travel to the lesonis so that the son(?) was send to him. Exact content unclear.
Verso old text:
Fragments of a list with days of month. |
| 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
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 10365 |
man |
Onnophris (P. 15706) |
Ὀννωφρις |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty |
02 |
Mesore |
02 |
-332 BCE -30 BCE |
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Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100328 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
46544 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100328 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15706), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
