Pap. Berlin P. 23690
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 23690 |
| 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) |
36 mm | 50 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The lower part is broken off in undetermined extent. Left edge damaged. Some minor breaks and holes. |
| 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 broken off in undetermined extent. Line endings damaged. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle to Late Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic - Roman Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Mittel- bis spätdemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The right-aligned text shows medium right and upper margins. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3+y |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
40 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
25 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
40 x 25+y |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
letter regarding money |
| Ancient Archives |
unclear |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | letter | vertical format
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| Summary of Content |
Beginning of a letter of Bianchis, son of Pachnoumis, to Espmetis, regarding 12 stater. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | Bienchis, (son) of Pachnoumis, |
2 | | is the one who speaks (to) Es(p)metis: |
3 | | ‘I have given 12 staters |
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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 |
| 11020 |
man |
Espmetis (P. 23690) |
Ns-pꜢ-mtr |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty or Roman Period |
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-180 BCE 50 CE |
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Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100403 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
46656 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100403 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23690), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
