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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23685 |
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 5 11 1907 and 5 11 1907 |
Finder (= First Purchaser) | Zucker, Friedrich (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 1907 and 1907 |
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
Object Type | papyrus |
Color | papyrus, light |
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 282 mm | 43 mm | mm |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | The right part is broken off at about 50 of the original width. Left edge partially damaged. Ona large hole in the middle of the sheet. Some horizontal and vertical breaks. |
Mounting | framed under glass |
Localization of Text on Object | recto | |
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel (recto) | |
Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | Line beginnings broken off at approximately 50 % of their original length. Line endings partly damaged. | |
Script, Primary | Late Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Roman Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige, geübte spätdemotische Gschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
Comments on Text Layout | Wide line pitch. Text with medium upper and broad lower margin. Line length varying. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | 23 | 0 |
Quantity of Columns | 1 | 0 |
Line Lenght (in mm) | -4545 | 0 |
Column Height (in mm) | 240 | 0 |
Height of Line / Letter | ||
Line Distance | (ca.45+)45 x 240 | 0 |
Modern Title | letter with unclear content |
Ancient Archives | (Uncertain) |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Letter with an answer on foregoing correspondence. 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 | Pictures |
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Places (read out from edition) |
ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
8060 | not applicable | (No persons mentioned in the [preserved] text) | (No persons mentỈoned Ỉn the [preserved] text) | (none) |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Roman Period | 22 | -30 BCE 211 CE | ; |
DatasetID | 100400 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos | 46651 |
Author | Jan Moje |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100400 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23685), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |