Pap. Berlin P. 23566
TEI-XML-File: https://p612399.webspaceconfig.de/xml/elephantine_erc_db_100408.tei.xml
Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 23566 |
| 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 |
| 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 1907 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Color |
papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
81 mm | 83 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Several holes in the otherwise complete sheet. |
| 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) |
complete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Several holes with text losses, format complete. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text was placed centered onto the sheet, without lateral margins, but with broad lateral and lower margins. |
| |
recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
80 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
60 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
|
|
| Line Distance |
80 x 60 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
receipt in letter form, confirming the payment of money |
| Ancient Archives |
administrative archive of unclear context |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
|
| Text Types |
|
| Summary of Content |
Receipt in letter form. The sender (name lost) confirms the addressee, Petenephotes, son of Pouoptis, of having received from Petobastis six silver kite. The receipt was written by a certain Pais, son of Espmetis. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty |
|
|
05(?) |
-332 BCE -30 BCE |
Dating by palaeography. ; |
Pictures
![]() |
| P_23566_R-Handphoto |
|
|
| Reserved Copyright |
![]() |
![]() |
| P_23566_V-Handphoto |
|
|
| Reserved Copyright |
![]() |
![]() |
| P_23566_R_001 |
|
|
| Reserved Copyright |
![]() |
![]() |
| P_23566_V_001 |
|
|
| Reserved Copyright |
![]() |
Literature
| DatasetID |
100408 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
50133 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100408 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23566), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
