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Pap. Berlin P. 15700

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 15700
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, dark
Size (Height | Width | Thickness)	193 mm | 121 mm | mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The left as well as the lower parts are broken off in undetermined extent. Edges damaged, several holes and horizontal breaks in the sheet.
Mounting	framed under glass
Comments on Object	Palimpsest. Traces of an anterior text,

Text Basic Information

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)	Left and lower part broken off in undetermined extent. Some holes with text losses.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Recto: Flüchtige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift. Verso: Äußerst flüchtige und undeutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. The right-aligned text shows large margins on top and at the right side.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	12+y	Col1: 3. Col2: 1
Quantity of Columns	1	2
Line Lenght (in mm)	90	90
Column Height (in mm)	155	35
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	90+y x 155+y	90 x 35

 

Text Content

Modern Title	account of the delivery of bread
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown [lost]), 2 persons
Text Types	documentary | account
Summary of Content	Account of the delivery of bread for the priests of the third phyle by the master baker.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Comment on Gender	- in unclear context
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

Text

 

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
13930	man	master baker	master baker	pre-Coptic Egyptian
13925	man	priests of the third phyle	priests of the third phyle	pre-Coptic Egyptian
9515	woman	Sen[///]	Tꜣ-šr.t-[///]	pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

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

 

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Literature

• Lüddeckens, Erich, Papyri, Demotische, Berlin (1982). (no. E23s)
• Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Ägyptische Handschriften 2 (1971). (no. 148)

 

DatasetID	100339
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	45707
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100339 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15700), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.