Pap. Berlin P. 15697 (provenance doubtful)
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Metadata
Collection
| 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 |
Origin / Provenance
| 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
| 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. |
Text Basic Information
| 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. |
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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 |
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| Line Distance |
60 x x+150 |
60 x 130+y |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
letter of unclear content |
| Ancient Archives |
unclear |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| 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) |
Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty |
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-332 BCE -30 BCE |
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Pictures
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Literature
| 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. |
