Pap. Berlin P. 23662

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Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 23662
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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)	36 mm \| 82 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Consists of two not joining fragments. Fragment a: 36 x 164 mm. Fragment b: 71 x 82 mm. Entire papyrus: Upper and lower edges damaged.
Mounting	framed under glass

Localization of Text on Object	recto
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	perpendicular (recto)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Middle part of lines1-2, beginning of line 2, and the total of line 3 lost.
Script, Primary	Early to Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Early Demotic - Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Geübte, relativ sorgfältige früh- bis mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. With small lateral margins as well as medium upper and lower margins.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	2[+1]	0
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	1557	0
Column Height (in mm)	25	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	155+y+7 x 25+y	0

Modern Title	letter of unclear content
Ancient Archives	unclear
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Esyris (P. 23662)
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| horizontal format
Summary of Content	Letter of Esyris to Espmetis. Detailed content unclear due to the fragmentary condition.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Transcription

Translation

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1	ḫrw Ns-ḥr m-bꜣḥ wṯs-Rꜥ Ns-pꜣ-mtr pꜣ mr-šn ı͗ ḏı͗ Pꜣ-Rꜥ qy pꜣy=f ꜥḥꜥ ꜥḥꜥ=y ı͗-ı͗r-ḥr=k my ı͗r=w n=y tꜣ
2	mtw=k wḫꜣ st ı͗-ı͗r
3

1	Voice of Esyris [_] before the carrier-of-Ra, Espmetis, the lesonis. Oh may Pre [cause his lifetime to be long!] I have [appeared] before you. Let to be done for me the
2	⸢.?.⸣ [///] And you may request it
3	[///]

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Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
865	man	Espmetis, son of Espneti-hetnetjer (carrier-of-Ra and lesonis)	Ns-pꜢ-mtr sꜢ Ns-pꜢ-nty-(n-)ḥ.t-nṯr	pre-Coptic Egyptian

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Late period - Early Ptolemaic dynasty				-664 BCE -222 BCE	;

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P_23662-Fr-a-b_V-vorla

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DatasetID	100399
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	46644
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100399 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23662), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.