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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 15697 (provenance doubtful) |
Current Location | magazine |
Publication Permission Status | permission for publication assigned |
Ancient Provenance Site | unknown () [Trismegistos] Certainty: high |
Ancient Provenance District | unknown () [Trismegistos] |
Type of Discovery | (unknown) Certainty: high |
Finder (= First Purchaser) | (unknown) Certainty: high |
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt | unknown |
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt | unknown () [Trismegistos] |
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution | (unknown) |
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (unknown) Certainty: high |
Object Type | papyrus |
Color | papyrus, dark |
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 168 mm | 61 mm | mm |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | The upper as well as the right part are broken off in undetermined extent. Damage of the left edge. |
Mounting | framed under glass |
Comments on Object | Palimpsest. Traces of an anterior text. |
Localization of Text on Object | recto/verso | |
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel (recto) and perpendicular (verso) | |
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. | |
Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (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, without lateral margins, with a small lower margin. Verso: The text covers nearly the entire preserved sheet, without lateral margins, with a very broad upper margin. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | x+15 | 13+y |
Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
Line Lenght (in mm) | 60 | 60 |
Column Height (in mm) | 150 | 130+y |
Height of Line / Letter | ||
Line Distance | 60 x x+150 | 60 x 130+y |
Modern Title | letter of unclear content |
Ancient Archives | unclear |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | letter of unclear content. Mention of Hagarites (Arabs) |
Location of Composition | unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
Gender | Man |
Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Ptolemaic dynasty | -332 BCE -30 BCE | ; |
DatasetID | 100369 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos | 46537 |
Author | Jan Moje |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100369 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15697 (provenance doubtful)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |