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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23608 |
| 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, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 151 mm | 74 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | complete |
| State of Preservation | Some minor holes in the sheet. In the upper third horizontal break with loss of material. Right edge partly damaged. |
| Mounting | framed under glass |
| Restoration Activities | Restaurierung abgeschlossen |
| Comments on Object | Palimpsest. Traces of an anterior text in Greek, rotated by 180° in respect to the new text. Legible only αποφαινειν. |
| Localization of Text on Object | recto | |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel (recto) | |
| Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
| Range of Preservation (Text) | complete | |
| State of Preservation (Text) | Some holes with minor text damages. | |
| Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Sorgfältige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Wide line pitch. The right-aligned text was placed centered onto the sheet, with small right and broad upper and lower margins. Line length varying. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 10 | 0 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 70 | 0 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 110 | 0 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 70 x 110 | 0 |
| Modern Title | letter with a request of advice |
| Ancient Archives | private archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Letter with an answer of Imouthes, son of Eschnompmetis with a request of advice. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
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| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 8090 | not applicable | (no further persons mentioned) | (no further persons mentỈoned) | (none) |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty | 15 | Choiak | 12 | -332 BCE -30 BCE | ; |
| P_23608_R |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| P_23608_V |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| DatasetID | 100383 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46598 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100383 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23608), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
