Pap. Berlin P. 15774
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 15774 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Publication Permission Status |
(unknown) |
| Publication Status |
published |
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) |
98 mm | 63 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
| Comments on Object |
Palimpsest.
Traces of an anterior Text. |
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. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Geübte, flüchtige, doch relativ deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Medium line pitch.
The right-aligned text shows medium right and lower margins. Line length varying. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
x+11 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
45 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
90 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
45 x x+90 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
list of male names in unclear context. |
| Ancient Archives |
(Uncertain) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | list | name list
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| Summary of Content |
List of names in unclear context.
The mentioned male Sr.w-Ḏḥwtı͗ sꜢ Ḥr-nfr seems to be identical with the sender of the letters Pap. Berlin P. 15518, P. 23694 and P. 23704. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Script = Language
Monolingual |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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x+1 | | [///], son of Pachnoumis: 1. |
x+2 | | [///] [_] ⅓. |
x+3 | | Sirthotes, son of Harnouphis. |
x+4 | | Espmetsepsis, son of Payris. |
x+5 | | Teos, son of Espmetis. |
x+6 | | Haryotes, his brother. |
x+7 | | Horos, son of Snebonychos. |
x+8 | | Peteharpochrates, son of Harnouphis. |
x+9 | | Nechtmontes, son of Teos. |
x+10 | | A thing which belongs to Pais, son of Amasis. |
x+11 | | Yields 8 (men).
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 910 |
man |
Espmetsepsis, son of Payris |
Ns-pꜢ-mtr-šps sꜢ Pa-ḥr |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty |
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-332 BCE -30 BCE |
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Pictures
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Literature
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den Brinker, Anna Adriana & Muhs, Brian & Vleeming, Sven P., A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents (2005). (16, 51)
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Lüddeckens, Erich, Papyri, Demotische, Berlin (1982). (no. E4b)
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Martin, Cary J., The Demotic Texts (1996). (377 no. C 37)
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Porten, Bezalel, The Elephantine Papyri in English: Three Millennia of Cross-Cultural Continuity and Change (1996). (C37)
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Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Ägyptische Handschriften 2 (1971). (no. 160)
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Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Papyri von der Insel Elephantine 1 (1978). (no. 15774 )
| DatasetID |
100340 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
45709 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100340 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15774), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
