Pap. Berlin P. 15642

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Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 15642
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)	75 mm \| 64 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The right part is broken off at about ⅓ of the original width. The lower part is broken off in undetermined extent.
Mounting	framed under glass
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 (recto) and perpendicular (verso)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	All line beginnings at about ⅓ lost. The lower part is broken off in undetermined extent.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Sehr saubere, sorgfältige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. Recto: The text shows a very broad upper and a small left margin. Verso: Both address lines are preserved in the upper part.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4+y	2
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	55	0
Column Height (in mm)	45	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	x+55 x 45+y	0

Modern Title	fragment of a letter to the priests of Chnoum
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	[///], son of Pachnoumis
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| vertical format
Summary of Content	Letter of [///], son of Pachnumis, to the priests of Chnoum. The content is lost.
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 NN sꜣ Pa-H̱nm m-bꜣḥ nꜣ wꜥb.w n H̱nm
2	ı͗ ḏı͗ Pꜣ-Rꜥ qy pꜣy=w nꜣy=w ¹Instead of the expected nꜣy=w. Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54. ꜥhꜥ
3	ḫpr /// dwꜣ ꜥḥꜥ=y ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr
4	/// ḏd=y n=f md(.t) nb(.t) pꜣy=ṯn ꜥš-sḥn

¹ Instead of the expected nꜣy=w. Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54.

vso 1	ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr
vso 2	nꜣ wꜥb.w (n) H̱nm

1	[Voice of NN, son] of Pachnoumis before the wab priests [of Chnoum].
2	[Oh] may Pre cause his their lifetime to be long!
3	[/// In] the morning I have appeared before
4	[/// I have spoken] to him all words of your order. Vso 1\| To Vso 2\| the wab priests of Chnoum.

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Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
85	man	priests of Chnoum of Elephantine	prỈests of Chnum of ElephantỈne	pre-Coptic Egyptian

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early)				-332 BCE -222 BCE	;

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DatasetID	100436
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	46463
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100436 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15642), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.