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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23692 |
| 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 20 12 1906 and 20 12 1906 |
| 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 1906 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
| Object Type | papyrus |
| Color | papyrus, dark |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 117 mm | 103 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | complete |
| State of Preservation | Edges damages, especially the lateral ones. Lower right corner broken off. |
| Mounting | framed under glass |
| Comments on Object | Palimpsest. On recto and verso traces of an anterior text. |
| 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) | Beginning of last line lost. | |
| Script, Primary | Early to Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Early Demotic - Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige früh- bis mitteldemotische Buchschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Narrow line pitch. Text was placed onto the upper right section of the sheet, with medium right margin. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 10 | 0 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 40 | 0 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 75 | 0 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 40 x 75 | 0 |
| Modern Title | astronomical text regarding the zodiac |
| Ancient Archives | unclear |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Astronomical text, mentioning signs of the zodiac and numbers. Interpretation still unclear. Formal similaries with Pap. Berlin P. 8279+23544 (Fayoum). |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
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| 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 |
| Late period - Early Ptolemaic dynasty | -664 BCE -222 BCE | ; |
| P_23692_R-vorlaeufig |
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| P_23692_V-vorlaeufig |
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| CC-BY-NC-SA |
| DatasetID | 100409 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 50137 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100409 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23692), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
