Pap. Berlin P. 15619

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 15619
Current Location	magazine
Comments on Inventory	registered as existing during revision (1958)
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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 / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors) 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 1908
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	(not relevant) Certainty: high

Object Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, light
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	86 mm \| 174 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The left part is broken off along a vertical folding. Several minor and one larger hole in the sheet
Mounting	framed under glass
Restoration Activities	Restaurierung abgeschlossen
Comments on Object	According to the inventory "Abschrift und Deutung von W. Erichsen" existing.

Localization of Text on Object	recto/verso
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	parallel (verso) and perpendicular (recto)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	All line endings broken off at about 50 % of their original length. Some holes with text losses.
Script, Primary	Early to Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Early Demotic - Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Früh- bis mitteldemotische Gescäftsschrift mit auffällig breitem Strich." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Medium line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire sheet, with small right and lower margins and a broder upper marign. Verso: One line placed onto the very upper section. Address line in the very lower section.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7	1+1
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	170	0
Column Height (in mm)	70	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	170+y x 70	0

Modern Title	letter concerning the delivery of breads to the priests of Chnoum
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Snebonychos, son of Espneti-hetnetjer
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| horizontal format
Summary of Content	Letter of Espnebonchis, son of Espneti-hetnetjer, to Espmetis, son of Espneti-hetnetjer, concerning the delivery of breads to the priests of Chnoum from Elephantine.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Transcription

Translation

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1	ḫrw bꜣk Ns-pꜣ-nb-ꜥnḫy sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-nty-(n-)ḥ.t-nṯr m-bꜣḥ wṯs-Rꜥ Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-nty-(n-)ḥ.t-nṯr ı͗ ḏı͗ Pꜣ-Rꜥ qy pꜣy=f ꜥḥꜥ
2	ı͗w ḏd=y n=k r ḏı͗.t wḏꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Ns-nb-ꜥnḫj ḏd my sẖ=f n md(.t) n
3	Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Ns-nb-ꜥnḫ my sẖ=f n md(.t) nb(.t) nty-ı͗w=w r ḫpr n ḥ.t-nṯr n Yb
4	r.r=w nꜣy ꜥq.w nty mtw=f r.ḏd=f šn r.r=w pꜣ tny wꜥb ꜥq 5 pꜣ ꜣq n.ı͗m=w n tꜣ s.t-(r-)dbꜣ
5	r ꜥq 8 ⅓ ẖr-hrw ḏd=f n=y ḥn s pꜣ ḥry-n-pꜣ-mšꜥ n Ns-ı͗n-ḥr-nb-šꜥꜥy
6	r ḏı͗.t s n=f nꜣ ꜥq.w rn=w ḥn s Ns-ı͗n-ḥr-nb-šꜥꜥy r-dbꜣ.ṱ=w r-ḫrw pꜣ
7	pꜣ ḥry n pꜣ mšꜥ ḏd n=y Pa-H̱nm ꜥn ḏd hb=y n Ns-H̱nm-pꜣ-mtr ḏd šn

vso 1	pꜣ nty-ı͗w=f r ḏd ı͗.ı͗r s r ḏı͗.t wḏꜣ nꜣ wꜥb.w rn=(w) ı͗.ı͗r s ¹According to Vleeming, DBL in A. D. 2007 (2008). Reading variant Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 2 (1993): ı͗.ı͗r=s. ḫpr ı͗w ḏd s n=y Pa-H̱nm
vso 2	ḫrw bꜣk Ns-pꜣ-nb-ꜥnḫy sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-nty-(n-)ḥ.t-nṯr m-bꜣḥ wṯs-Rꜥ Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-nty-(n-)ḥ.t-nṯr

¹ According to Vleeming, DBL in A. D. 2007 (2008). Reading variant Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 2 (1993): ı͗.ı͗r=s.

1	Voice of the servant Snebonychos, son of Espneti-hetnetjer, before the carrier-of-Ra Espmetis, son of Esp[neti]-hetnetjer: Oh may Pre cause his lifetime to be long!] [///]
2	which I have told you in order to let Espmetis, son of Snebonychos, being safe: May he write concerning [every]thing [///]
3	Espmetis, son of Snebonychos. May he write about everything what will happen with (the) temple of Elephantine [///]!
4	to them(?). These loaves of bread which belong to him (and) regarding which he asked a question: The wab priest disposal amounts to 5 breads. The breads therefrom at the trouble ¹Cf. Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae and Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54. [///]
5	yields 8 ⅓ breads daily. He has spoken to me: ‘The general has ordered Es-Onuris-neb-scha to [///].’
6	in order to give it to him. The breads in question - Es-Onuris-neb-scha has ordered it therefore on declaration of [///]
7	of the general. Pachnoumis has spoken to me, too: ‘I have sent to Eschnompmetis: Ask [///]!’
vso 1	That on which we will say: ‘Do it in order to let the mentioned [wab priests] being safe!’: Do it! It is the case that Pachnoumis has said it to me [///]
vso 2	Voice of the servant Snebonychos, son of Espneti-hetnetjer, [before the carrier-of-Ra Espmetis, son of Espneti-hetnetjer].

¹ Cf. Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae and Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54.

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
1320	man	Es-Onuris-neb-Scha	Ns-ỉn-ḥr-nb-šꜤꜤy	pre-Coptic Egyptian

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Late period - Early Ptolemaic dynasty				-400 BCE -222 BCE	Dating by palaeography (K,.T. Zauzich);

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DatasetID	100418
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	43973
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100418 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15619), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.