Pap. Berlin P. 15707
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 15707 |
| 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) |
227 mm | 95 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. The left side is lost at about one third up to the 15th preserved line. |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
| Comments on Object |
On the left side a vertical continuous sheet join (kollesis). |
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 broken off in undetermined extent. Last third of the lines x+1 to x+15 lost. Some holes with minor text losses. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Flüchtige, unruhige, wenig deutliche 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 sheet, without right and lower margins.
Verso:The text covers nearly the entire sheet, with broad lower margin, without right and upper margins. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
x+23 |
20 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
95 |
95 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
225 |
205 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
95 x x+225 |
95 x 205 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
letter concerning hunger and illness with request for help |
| Ancient Archives |
administrative archive of unclear context |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | letter | vertical format
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| Summary of Content |
Letter to Eschnoumpmetis concerning hunger and illness. Presumably the sender from whom something was stolen request help from the addressee. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 10370 |
man |
Eschnoumpmetis (P. 15707) |
Ns-H̱nm-mtr |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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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 |
100372 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
46545 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100372 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15707), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
