Pap. Berlin P. 23698
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 23698 |
| 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 11 1 1907 and 11 1 1907 |
| 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 1906 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Color |
papyrus, dark |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
189 mm | 120 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The lower part as well as the left part are broken off in undetermined extent. Right edge mainly damaged, one part with original edge. Several larger and minor holes. |
| 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) |
All line endings broken off in undetermined extent. Very holey but with minor text damages. |
| Script, Primary |
Early Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Early Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Flüchtige frühdemotische Urkundenschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text was placed onto the lower half of the sheet, with a medium lower margin. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
110 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
80 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
110+y x 80 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
marriage contract |
| Ancient Archives |
private archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | contract | vertical format
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| Summary of Content |
Marriage contract of a woman for a man. The content remains unclear due to the fragmentaray condition. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Woman
Man |
| Comment on Gender |
- activity of woman: contractant
- identifier of woman: [///] |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | ḥsb.t 19 ı͗bd 3 ꜣḫ.t n pr-ꜥꜣ Tꜣrywš
ı͗w=y (r) ḫꜣꜥ=k
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2 | | n hy ı͗w=y r ḏı͗.t ⸢n=k⸣ ḥḏ qd 2
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3 | |
ḥḏ qd 2 |
4 | |
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5 | |
ı͗wty dḏ
qnb nb n pꜣ tꜣ ı͗rm=k sẖ NN
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1 | | 19th regnal year, Hathyr, of pharaoh Da[reios. /// If I leave you] |
2 | | as husband, I will give you 2 silver kite [///] |
3 | | [///] ..?.. 2 silver kite|
4 | | [///] ⸢..?..⸣ [///]|
1 | | ⸢..?..⸣ [///] [without taking] any lawsuit [on earth against you. Written by NN.]
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Darius I |
19 |
Hathyr |
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-503 February 25 BCE -503 March 26 BCE |
internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100351 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
46238 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100351 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23698), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
