Pap. Berlin P. 15628
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 15628 |
| 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: medium |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty: medium |
| 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, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
205 mm | 75 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. In the upper left section some minor, vertical stringed holes from the sealing. |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
| Comments on Object |
Palimpsest.
On recto and verso 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) |
The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Flüchtige, jedoch relativ deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Medium line pitch.
The text covers the upper half of the preserved sheet, with small and inequal lateral margins. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
x+8 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
70 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
105 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
70 x x+105 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
letter with unclear requests and promise to arrest persons |
| Ancient Archives |
(Uncertain) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | letter | vertical format
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| Summary of Content |
Letter with unclear requests to the addressee, and a promise to arrest certain persons after their seizure. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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x+1 | | ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr=k ı͗w=y ḥq n.ı͗m=w |
x+2 | | ḏı͗=y ꜣtp r-ẖn |
x+3 | | mn-mtw=y šr r ḏı͗.t n=y ꜥq |
x+4 | | m-sꜣ pꜣ ḫm-ẖr m-ı͗r ḏı͗.t |
x+5 | | ṯꜣy.ṱ=w nꜣy=w ḫm srg.w(?) |
x+6 | | n-ḏr.t Pa-ḥ.t-nṯr my ı͗r=w |
x+7 | | pꜣy=w šn my ḏı͗=w n=y md.t ꜥꜣ.t |
x+8 | | m-šs tꜣy sẖ (n) ḥsb.t 3.t ı͗bd 4 pr.t sw 11
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x+1 | | [///] to you, when I catch them. |
x+2 | | I am in a dilemma! |
x+3 | | I have no son to bring me bread |
x+4 | | except for the servant. Do not let |
x+5 | | their little ..?.. to be removed |
x+6 | | from Pa-hetnetjer! One may |
x+7 | | ask after them! It should be given to me (their answer?). It is a very important matter. |
x+8 | | Written (in) the 3rd regnal year, 11th of Pharmuthi.
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 1430 |
man |
Pa-hetnetjer (P. 15628) |
Pa-ḥ.t-nṯr |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic Dynasty (early) |
03 |
Pharmuthi |
11 |
-332 BCE -222 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)
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Lüddeckens, Erich, Papyri, Demotische, Berlin (1982). (no. F82)
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Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Ägyptische Handschriften 2 (1971). (no. 125)
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Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Papyri von der Insel Elephantine 2 (1993). (no. 15628)
| DatasetID |
100354 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
46459 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100354 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15628), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
