Pap. Berlin P. 23689
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 23689 |
| 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 |
Date of Discovery
Term. Ante / Post Quem Non |
between 2 11 1907 and 11 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
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Color |
papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
76 mm | 62 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The lower part as well as the left part are broken off in undetermined extent. In the middle a continuous vertical break. |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
Text Basic Information
| 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) |
Lower part and all line endings broken off in undetermined extent. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Gute mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift mit sicherem, ziemlich breitem Strich." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Narrow line pitch.
The right aligned text shows medium right and upper margins. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5+y |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
50 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
55 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
50+y x 55+y |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
letter mentioning a ship and liquids |
| Ancient Archives |
private archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
Beginning of a letter of Sentais, daughter of Pekysis, possibly to her brother(?). Mention of a ship and of 3 thm measure for liquids. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Woman
Man |
| Comment on Gender |
- Activity of woman: sender of a letter (but not writer?) |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Sentais, daughter of Pekysis, [is the one who speaks to] [NN], |
2 | | son of Pekysis: I greet you [before GN. ///. I am] |
3 | | paid in full regarding the incoming payments ⸢..?..⸣ [///] |
4 | | the ship of Psenamounis, regarding [///] |
5 | | I have given him 3 tehem-liquid units as follows [///]
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| Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 31115 |
man |
Psenamounis (P 23689) |
PꜢ-šr-Ỉmn |
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 |
100402 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
46655 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100402 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23689), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
