Pap. Berlin P. 15515

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Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 15515
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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 Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, light
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	278 mm \| 85 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The upper par tis broken off in undetermined extent. Damages at the left edge, two larger holes.
Mounting	framed under glass
Comments on Object	The papyrus is still mounted on paper (05/2016).

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)	The upper part broken off in undetermined extent. Line endings of the upper part lost.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Flüchtige, auffallend große mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire sheet, with a small and equal right margin, and a very broad lower one.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+17	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	85	0
Column Height (in mm)	240	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	85 x x+240	0

Modern Title	Letter of the nome administation concerning distribution of emmer and its clearing
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Nechtminis, son of Sochotes
Text Types	documentary \| account
Summary of Content	Letter of the nome administation to the Chnoum temple on Elephantine. Arrangements concerning the distribution of emmer and its clearing. The sender should receive 5 artabas emmer per day for the fowl feeding. Request of issuance of receipts for emmer deliveries to the priests of Isis of Philae and of Haroeris.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Transcription

Translation

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x+1	(n-)ṯꜣy ḥsb.t 18 ı͗bd 2 pr.t
x+2	n sẖ he n bd n ḫy
x+3	pꜣ ı͗p nꜣ bd.w n ẖy st
x+4	ı͗r-rḫ pꜣ ḫpr bn-ı͗w=w rḫ
x+5	tm ḏı͗.t s r nꜣ wnm sre.w
x+6	nꜣ wnm ẖpn my wḏꜣ n=k
x+7	pꜣ sp r ı͗r pꜣy=w tš hb=w
x+8	n Pꜣ-wḏꜣ-mtw=s pꜣ sḥn pr-ꜥꜣ
x+9	r tm ḏı͗.t n=ṯn bd m-sꜣ bd 5
x+10	ẖr-hrw nꜣ bd.w r.ḏı͗=w (n) nꜣ wꜥb.w n ꜣs.t
x+11	Pr-(ı͗w-)rq ı͗rm (n) nꜣ wꜥb.w n Ḥr-wr
x+12	ı͗rm pꜣ sp bd
x+13	r.rḫ=w n=ṯn my ḏı͗=w
x+14	ı͗r=w ı͗w (n) pꜣ ssw pꜣy dwꜣ
x+15	bn-ı͗w=n wrr ¹Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54. r Yb
x+16	sẖ Nḫt.ṱ-mn sꜣ Sbk-ḥtp n ḥsb.t 18
x+17	ı͗bd 2 pr.t sw 18

¹ Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54.

x+1	from the 18th regnal year, [///]th Mecheir onwards
x+2	to note the freight costs of the measured emmer.
x+3	Concerning the reckoning of the measured amounts of emmer
x+4	one knows that
x+5	one will be bound to give it (scil. the emmer) for the [geese] feedings
x+6	and the duck feedings. Thus may remain for you
x+7	the rest(?) to pay their rates. [It] was sent
x+8	to Potemetous, the steward of Pharaoh,
x+9	not to give you any emmer exept 5 (artabas) emmer
x+10	daily. The amounts of emmer which were given (to) the wab priests of Isis
x+11	from Philae and (to) the wab priests of Haroeris,
x+12	together with the remaining emmer
x+13	which was awarded: It should be caused
x+14	to issue a receipt about it at the time of this morning(?). ¹Translating according to Zauzich.
x+15	We will take ourselves immediately to Elephantine.
x+16	Written by Nechtminis, son of Sochotes, in the 18th regnal year,
x+17	18th of Mecheir.

¹ Translating according to Zauzich.

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Places (read out from edition)

Pr-(ı͗w-)rq (places.xml#s15)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
1605	man	Potemetous (P. 15515)	PꜢ-wḏꜢ-mtw=s	pre-Coptic Egyptian

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early)	18	Mecheir	18	-332 BCE -222 BCE	Dating by palaeography;

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DatasetID	100353
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	46454
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100353 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15515), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.