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Pap. Berlin P. 15623

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Pap. Berlin P. 15623
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
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

Object Type papyrus
Color papyrus, light
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) 112 mm | 114 mm | mm
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. Several minor holes in the sheet..
Mounting framed under glass
Restoration Activities Restaurierung abgeschlossen

Text Basic Information

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) The upper part (recto) resp. lower part (verso) is broken off in undetermined extent. Some holes with minor text damages.
Script, Primary Middle Demotic
Language, Primary Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting "Große, flüchtige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift mit breitem Strich." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout Medium line pitch. Recto: The text covers nearly the entire preserved sheet, with small lateral margins and a broader lower margin. Verso: The text covers nearly the entire preserved sheet, with small lateral margins and a broader upper margin.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+5 6+y
Quantity of Columns 1 1
Line Lenght (in mm) 105 100
Column Height (in mm) 100 105+y
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 105 x x+100 100 x 105+y

 

Text Content

Modern Title letter concerning delivery and payment of oil
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | letter | vertical format
Summary of Content Letter concerning delivery and payment of "tgm"-oil.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
P_15623_R
CC-BY-NC-SA
P_15623_V
CC-BY-NC-SA
     
Places (read out from edition)

 

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Late period - Early Ptolemaic dynasty -664 BCE -222 BCE Internal dating, without name of the ruler. Dating by palaeography.;

 

Pictures

P_15623_R
CC-BY-NC-SA
P_15623_V
CC-BY-NC-SA

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 100365
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 46524
Author Jan Moje
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 100365 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15623), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.