Pap. Berlin P. 23705

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 23705
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
Date of Discovery Term. Ante / Post Quem Non	between 20 10 1907 and 3 11 1907
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Zucker, Friedrich (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 1907 and 1907
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	(not relevant) Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, light
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	161 mm \| 112 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The left part is broken off in undetermined extent. Upper and lower edges mainly lost. Horizontal and vertical breaks along the foldings.
Mounting	framed under glass

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)	Line endings broken off.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Sorgfältige, etwas steife mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. Right-aligned text with medium upper as well as broad right and lower margins.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	12	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	60	0
Column Height (in mm)	110	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	60 x 110	0

Text Content

Modern Title	account of the delivery of Syrian wine
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown [not mentioned in text])
Text Types	documentary \| account
Summary of Content	Account of the delivery of Egyptian and "Syrian" wine from different cities, for the needs of the Chnoum temple.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	ḥsb.t 18 ı͗bd 1 šmw sw 12 ı͗p ı͗rp
2	sw 2 (n) Swn ¹A version with silver determinative is attested, although this is not the regular writing. Information on this writing due to K.-Th. ZAUZICH, Email 14.01.2020. n-ḏr.t ²The reading of this lemma by ZAUZICH is cited in DE CENIVAL 1984 III, 23 sub 4,2. I͗y-m-ḥtp (sꜣ) Glgl ³This name of possible Semitic origin (cf. VITTMANN 1996, 445 subb glg) is currently attested once only in the literature, on a camel bone from the Bahariyqa Oasis from BCE 138: E: BRESCIANI, „Ostraka demotici da Ossirinco”, in: SCO 27 (1977), 14 – 15 no. 1. (qws)
3	sw 7 n Snı͗ ⁴For this toponym see DBL 2005, 833 § 54. Cf. otherwise QUACK in Enchoria 24 (1997/8), 47 with further literature. n-ḏr.t ⁵According to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL, 18. Nḫṱ- (qws)
4	sw 9 (n) Gbṱ n-ḏr.t Prtrqws (qws)
5	ı͗rp H̱r
6	sw 15 n Pꜣ-sy
7	n-ḏr.t n nꜣ rmṯ.w n Nꜣy.w-t(ꜣ)-ḥ.wt ı͗rp H̱r (qws)
8	sw 25 (n) Ḫmnw
9	Wn-nfr pꜣ ḥm-nṯr I͗mn ı͗rp H̱r (qws)
10	nꜣ rmṯ.w (n) tmy ı͗rp H̱r (qws)
11	Pꜣ-ḏı͗-I͗mn pꜣ ḥm-nṯr ꜣs.t ı͗rp H̱r(qws)
12	r ı͗rp 8 (qws) wp. t H̱r 2

¹ A version with silver determinative is attested, although this is not the regular writing. Information on this writing due to K.-Th. ZAUZICH, Email 14.01.2020.
² The reading of this lemma by ZAUZICH is cited in DE CENIVAL 1984 III, 23 sub 4,2.
³ This name of possible Semitic origin (cf. VITTMANN 1996, 445 subb glg) is currently attested once only in the literature, on a camel bone from the Bahariyqa Oasis from BCE 138: E: BRESCIANI, „Ostraka demotici da Ossirinco”, in: SCO 27 (1977), 14 – 15 no. 1.
⁴ For this toponym see DBL 2005, 833 § 54. Cf. otherwise QUACK in Enchoria 24 (1997/8), 47 with further literature.
⁵ According to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL, 18.

1	18th regnal year, 12 of Pachons. Account of (scil. Egyptian) wine
2	2nd day, (from) Syene, by Imouthes, son of Gelgel: [/// (qus)].
3	7th day, from Esna, by Nakht[/// (qus)].
4	9th day, (from) Coptos, by Protarchos: [/// (qus)].
5	Syrian wine:
6	15th day, from Ptolemais,
7	by the men from Natho: [_] [Syrian] wine [/// (qus)].
8	25th day, (from) Hermopolis, (by)
9	Onnophris, the priest of Amun: [_] Syrian wine [/// (qus)].
10	(and by) the men (from) the settlement: [_] [Syrian] wine [/// (qus)].
11	(and by) Petamounis, the priest of Isis: [_] [Syrian] wine [/// (qus)].
12	Yields wine 8 (qus). Specification: Syrian (scil. wine): 2 (qus).

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Places (read out from edition)

Swn (places.xml#s8)

Snı͗ (places.xml#s31)

Gbṱ (places.xml#s92)

Pꜣ-sy (places.xml#s40)

Nꜣy.w-t(ꜣ)-ḥ.wt (places.xml#s203)

Ḫmnw (places.xml#s47)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
35725	man	Imouthes, son of Gelgel	I͗y-m-ḥtp sꜣ Glgl	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaic dynasty	18	Pachons	12(?)	-332 BCE -30 BCE	;

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Literature

DatasetID	100350
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	45740
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100350 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23705), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.