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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23637 |
| 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 |
| Date of Discovery Term. Ante / Post Quem Non |
between 15 12 1906 and 15 12 1906 |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) | Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director) 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 1906 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
| Object Type | papyrus |
| Color | papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 112 mm | 188 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The upper as well as the left part are broken off in undetermined extent. Damage of the right edge. Several holes in the sheet. |
| Mounting | framed under glass |
| Comments on Object | In the lower section a continuous horizontal sheet join (kollesis) (ca. 15 mm). |
| Localization of Text on Object | verso | |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | perpendicular | |
| Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
| Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
| State of Preservation (Text) | Upper part and line endings broken off in undetermined extent. Line beginnings damaged. Several holes with rather minor text losses. | |
| Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Relativ deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift, auffällig nach rechts geneigt und ziemlich groß." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire (preserved) sheet, with a small lower margin. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | x+9 | 0 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 190 | 0 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 105 | 0 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | x+190+y x 105 | 0 |
| Modern Title | letter regarding consolation and advice to the addressee |
| Ancient Archives | private archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Letter with the sender giving consolation and advice to the addressee. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
| Transcription | Translation | Pictures |
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| Places (read out from edition) |
| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 9915 | man | Eschnoumpmetis (Lesonis) (P. 13559, 23580, 23637, 23641, 23665) | Ns-H̱nm-pꜢ-mtr | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic Dynasty (early) | -332 BCE -222 BCE | ; |
| DatasetID | 100391 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46627 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100391 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23637), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |