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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 15529 |
| Current Location | magazine |
| Publication Permission Status | permission for publication assigned |
| 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, dark |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 201 mm | 70 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. The left edge is damaged. On the recto the small strip is detectable which was teared off for the wrapping of the entire roll. |
| Mounting | framed under glass |
| Localization of Text on Object | recto/verso | |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel (verso) and perpendicular (recto) | |
| Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
| Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
| State of Preservation (Text) | Upper part (recto) resp. lower part (verso) broken off in undetermined extent. Line beginnings damaged. | |
| Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige, nicht besonders sorgfältige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Wide line pitch. Recto: The text covers nearly the entire (preserved) sheet, without lateral margins, but with a small lower margin. Verso: The text covers nearly the entire (preserved) sheet, without lateral margins, but with a small upper margin. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | x+16 | 16+y |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 60 | 60 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 190 | 190+y |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 60 x x+190 | 60 x 190+y |
| Modern Title | Letter concerning food distribution for a holy falcon. |
| Ancient Archives | Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Hardly understandable. The letter seems to focus on distribution of food to the 2nd phyle for the feeding of a holy falcon. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Comments on Text | "Es scheint zuerst die Seite mit den senkrechten Fasern beschrieben worden zu sein. Das ist sonst nur bei Querformatbriefen der Fall." (Zauzich, VOHD XIX,2) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 10275 | man | Pa-sety | Pa-sty | pre-Coptic Egyptian | ||
| 10285 | man | Potemetous (P. 15529) | PꜢ-wḏꜢ-mtw=s | pre-Coptic Egyptian | ||
| 10280 | man | Teos (P. 15529) | Ḏd-Ḥr | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic Dynasty (early) | -332 BCE -222 BCE | Dating by palaeography.; |
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| CC-BY-NC-SA |
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| CC-BY-NC-SA |
| DatasetID | 100360 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46510 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100360 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15529), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
