Pap. Berlin P. 13633

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13633
Current Location	magazine
Comments on Inventory	registered as existing during revision (1958)
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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 / 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

Object Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, light
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	313 mm \| 134 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. In the middle of the verso a vertical strip is teared off for the wrapping of the roll, with lost of text.
Mounting	framed under glass

Text Basic Information

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)	Above broken off in undetermined extent. Several small holes with minor text losses. On the verso small text losses due to the teared off strip.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Early Demotic - Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Geübte mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift, überwiegend gut lesbar." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Medium line pitch. Recto: The text covers nearly the entire sheet, without lateral margins. On top a small and at the bottom a broad margin. Verso: The text covers nearly the entire sheet, without margins.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	27	20
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	130,13
Column Height (in mm)	300,24
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	130 x x+300	130 x 240

Text Content

Modern Title	letter concerning the dismissal of the lesonis and the delivery of bread for emmer
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Osoroeris, son of Teos
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| vertical format
Summary of Content	Letter of Osoroeris, son of Teos, presumably to the Chnoum priests of Elephantine. It deals with the dismissal of the sender from the office as lesonis priest. The sender thinks that this happened by intrigues only. A second part deals wht the question, how many bread a baker has to deliver against a given amount of emmer. The proportion should be 66 bread for one artaba emmer. Partly unclear concerning the content.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

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x+1	(n-)ḏr.t-ḫpr=f ı͗w mtw=k pꜣ ꜣḏ ı͗w mtw=k
x+2	ḥw=f ḥꜣ.ṱ=w tꜣ md(.t)-b(y)n nty ı͗y bn nꜣy=k ḫyr mꜣꜥ
x+3	ı͗n ı͗w=f-ḫpr ı͗w rk=y ı͗w=y (n) rd Ns-H̱nm-mtr bn-ı͗w
x+4	rḫ nꜣ wꜥb.w (r) ḏı͗.t n=y ꜥq r wnm ı͗rm ḫpr ꜥn hwn-nꜣ.w bn
x+5	ḏı͗=y (n) rd Ns-H̱nm-mtr ı͗n r pꜣ wn-nꜣ.w-ı͗w=f ḏı͗.t n=y ꜥq ı͗w=f
x+6	srm r Ns-H̱nm-mtr wn-nꜣ.w-ı͗w=y ı͗r n =f rd ı͗rm ḫpr ꜥn
x+7	mn rmṯ ı͗.ı͗r-n=ṯn ı͗w wn-mtw=f hwš ı͗.ı͗r-n=y r hšw r.r=f
x+8	bn-pw pꜣ mr-šn wy n.ı͗m=ṯn ı͗w wn mrẖ ꜥn šꜥ-tw=(w) ḏı͗.t
x+9	šm=s r ḥꜣṱ.ṱ=ṯn ḏd hwš=f pꜣy ṯk r.ı͗r=f ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr=ṯn ı͗.ı͗r=f ı͗r=f ¹Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54.
x+10	ı͗w=y ḥms ı͗rm=f ḏı͗=y rḫ s ḏd ı͗r=f s m-sꜣ-ḫpr ı͗.ı͗r=f
x+11	ı͗r=f ı͗w bw-r‘-ḏı͗=w sẖ pꜣ tš nꜣ bd.t.w ḏd=y n=f r ı͗r wꜥ ṯk ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr=ṯn
x+12	ḥn=f s n Ḥr-ṯꜣy=f-nḫt.ṱ ḏd hb ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr=w nꜣ.w nꜣ nty-ı͗w=y
x+13	ḏd n.ı͗m=w Wsı͗r-wr gr my ḫpr=f ı͗w=w ḏd bn-pw=f hb
x+14	tꜣ nty-ı͗w=w r ḥn=s bn-ı͗w=y rḫ tm hb ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr=ṯn
x+15	n.ı͗m=s m-sꜣ-ḫpr (n-)ḏr.t hb=y bn mqt(?) pꜣ nty mtw=y
x+16	ı͗.ı͗r-n=ṯn bw-ı͗r=y rḫ šn=w dy wn-nꜣ.w-ı͗w=y ḏd.ṱ=s
x+17	(n) Pꜣ-wꜣḥ-wꜥb ı͗.ı͗r=y hb ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr=ṯn ꜥn ḏd bw-ı͗r=ṯn ı͗r
x+18	hyn ꜥq n he šꜥ-tw rsṱy ḫpr mtw=ṯn
x+19	hb m-sꜣ bd.t mtw tm nꜣ sẖ.w ḏı͗.t ı͗n=w n=ṯn wn-nꜣ.w
x+20	bn-ı͗w=y ²According to Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 2 (1993).hb ꜥn hb=k ḏd hb=k (n) pꜣ he ꜥq psy 33 ı͗w ꜥq psy 30
x+21	pꜣ nty Pꜣ-s-n-mṯk ḏı͗.t s bn ꜥq 9 n wꜥ.t ı͗w(y).t ı͗n r kṱ bw-ı͗r
x+22	I͗r.t-ḥr-r.r=w sꜣ Ns-H̱nm ḏı͗.t ꜥq psy 33 r bd.t ½ ḏı͗ mtw=w ḏd
x+23	pḥ=w r Pꜣ-wꜣḥ-wꜥb ꜥq psy 30 pꜣy ḏı͗=w r bd.t ½ pꜣ rmṯ nty ḏı͗.t
x+24	sw ⅙ n pꜣ šnꜥ ḏı͗=f n=f ꜥq psy 8 ẖr.r.r=f wn-nꜣ.w-ı͗w=y
x+25	ḏd.ṱ=s tꜣ ẖ-md(.t) tꜣ nty-ı͗w=ṯn rḫ s ḏd pꜣ ḥm-nṯr (n) H̱nm
x+26	pꜣ ı͗.ı͗r ḥn=s ḥꜣ.ṱ=y ı͗w ke rmṯ pꜣ ı͗.ı͗r hb n=y n.ı͗m=s
x+27	(r-)dbꜣ-ḫpr ı͗w=k rḫ s ḏd ḥn s Nḫt.ṱ-Mn ḏd my ḏı͗=w

¹ Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54.
² According to Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 2 (1993).

vso 1	ꜥq psy 66 r bd.t 1 m-sꜣ-ḫpr Pꜣ-s-n-mṯk rmṯ-ꜥꜣ pꜣy
vso 2	nꜣ ꜥq.w nty-ı͗w bn-ı͗w=f ḏı͗.t s(t) ı͗.ı͗r-n=ṯn ı͗w=f wꜣḥ bd.t ꜥn
vso 3	ḏı͗ kṱ bn-ı͗w=w ı͗n n=f bd.t r-ḥry ı͗w bn-pw=f mḥ=w
vso 4	hb=k n=y ḏd rk=ṯn ı͗w=y (n) rd Nḫt.ṱ-Mn wn-nꜣ.w-ı͗w
vso 5	=y ḏd.ṱ=s ı͗r=y rd pꜣ mr-šn bn ı͗.ı͗r Ḏd-Ḥr hb n=y
vso 6	n.ı͗m=f ı͗n hwn-nꜣ.w-ı͗w=s pḥ (n-)ḏr.t=y ḏı͗.t šsp=k (n)
vso 7	Nꜣ-nfr-ı͗b-pꜣ-Rꜥ pꜣ ḥm-nṯr (n) H̱nm wn-nꜣ.w-ı͗w=y (r) ḏı͗.t šsp=k n=f wn-nꜣ.w-ı͗w
vso 8	=y ḏd.ṱ=s hb n=y (n) nꜣ md.w(t) hb=k n=y ḏd my ı͗w
vso 9	pꜣ rd pꜣ mr-šn r-ḥry my ḏd=f wḥꜣ dy bn-ı͗w rḫ rd
vso 10	ı͗w mtw=f s ḫpr dy wn-nꜣ.w-ı͗w=y ḏd.ṱ=s ı͗y r-ḥry ı͗.ı͗r-n=ṯn
vso 11	hb=k ḏd ı͗.ı͗r tm nꜣ Mḏy.w ẖdb=n ı͗w=k
vso 12	(r) gm pꜣ ẖsf nꜣy md.w(t) nꜣ wꜥb.w sy ı͗r-sṱy
vso 13	(n) pꜣ nty-ı͗w=w r mr r ı͗r=f nb m-sꜣ-ḫpr hwn-nꜣ.w wḫꜣ=y s
vso 14	gmꜥ wn-nꜣ.w bn-ı͗w=y hb n=ṯn šꜥ.t wn ꜣq psy 16
vso 15	ı͗w ḫr ḏı͗=w s(t) n=ṯn n Pꜣ-wꜣḥ-wꜥb mtw=ṯn ḏı͗.t ꜥq psy 4 n pꜣ tny
vso 16	n Ḥr-wr n.ı͗m=w mtw pꜣ ke ꜥq psy 12 wꜣḥ r.ḥr=ṯn (n) tꜣ šb
vso 17	nꜣ.w r.hb=(w) n=y n.ı͗m=w hb=k ḏd ḏı͗=y ı͗wf 7 n Ḥr-wḏꜣ
vso 18	sꜣ Ḏd-ḥr pꜣ nty mtr nty-ı͗w=w pꜣy (n-)ḏr.t gm=w s ı͗w=s šrf
vso 19	mtw=ṯn bn-ı͗w=y hb ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr=ṯn n md(.t) šꜥ-ty
vso 20	pꜣ mr-šn ı͗y n-ḏr.t Wsı͗r-wr sꜣ Ḏd-ḥr (n) ḥsb.t 18 ı͗bd 2 pr.t sw 26

x+1	because it happened that you are the thief ..?.. and you [///]
x+2	He accused(?) them of the bad matter which is coming. Your enemies are not right.
x+3	If I cease to be attorney of Eschnom(p)metis,
x+4	the wab priests will not be able to give me bread for eating. And furthermore: If I
x+5	had not been the attorney of Eschnom(p)metis, while the one who should give me bread
x+6	cheated Eschnom(p)metis, I would (still) be the attorney for him. And furthermore:
x+7	There is no one among you who would give offense to me in order to injure him(?).
x+8	The lesonis has not withdrawn from you, when dispute rose (again?). As soon as it is set
x+9	in your heart that he gives offense: This letter which he has written to you – he made it
x+10	when I lived with him. I know that he made it (the letter). But he made it
x+11	before the rate of the (amounts of) emmer were fixed. I have requested him to write a letter for you.
x+12	He has ordered Hartophnachthes: ‘Write them the following: All that which I
x+13	or Osoroeris say, may it happen!’ If it is said that he has not sent
x+14	what will be ordered, I will be bound to send to you
x+15	concerning this. But as I have sent ‘It is not ..?.. what I have
x+16	against you’, I cannot ask them here. Otherwise I would have said it
x+17	in Bige! I have sent to you again as follows: You are not used to make
x+18	some loaves of bread as income.’ Until tomorrow appears and you
x+19	send for emmer and the scribes will not let it to be brought to you,
x+20	I will {not} send again. You have sent that you have sent concerning the expense for 33 baked breads, although (only) 30 baked breads are that
x+21	which Psammetichos gives, not 9 breads related to one quarter(?). Furthermore:
x+22	Inaros, son of Eschnoumis, (also) does not give 33 baked breads for ½ (artabas) emmer here! And they say ¹For the translation cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54.:
x+23	‘They (scil. we) have reached Bige, and 30 baked breads are that what is given for ½ (artaba) emmer! He who gives
x+24	⅙ (artabas) wheat to the baker, to whom he (scil. the baker) will give 8 baked breads.’ So I would say:
x+25	‘You know the actual situation.’ Thus has spoken the priest of Chnoum:
x+26	‘He who has ordered it, is before me, while it is another man who sent to me concerning it.’,
x+27	because you know that Nechtminis has ordered: ‘Thus should be given
vso 1	66 baked breads for 1 (artaba) emmer!’ But Psammetichos is a rich/ gentle man.
vso 2	The breads which he will not give to you, (for them) he will deposit emmer again.
vso 3	(Something) different: No emmer will be brought to him until he has not delivered them (scil the breads) completely.
vso 4	You have sent to me that you have disposed me as attorney of Nechtminis. I might
vso 5	say: ‘I was attorney of the lesonis.’ Teos has not sent to me
vso 6	concerning this. If it would be suitable for me to let you succeed
vso 7	Nepherpres, the priest of Chnoum, I would let you succeed him. I would have
vso 8	said: ‘Send to me (concerning) these matters!’ You have sent to me: ‘May
vso 9	the attorney of the lesons come up! May he make a reply here!’ Any attorney
vso 10	belonging to him will be able to be here. I would say (to him) to come up to you.
vso 11	You have sent: ‘If the Medes do not kill us, you
vso 12	will find out the disgracefulness of these things of the wab priests!’ Be aware
vso 13	of owning those (things) of which they want to take possession. But If I had desired
vso 14	to do damage, then I would have not written to you a letter. There are 16 baked breads
vso 15	which are regularly given to you in Bige. And you should give 4 baked breads therefrom as fee
vso 16	of Haroeris. And the other 12 baked breads should be deposited for you as replacement for those
vso 17	concerning Which wit was sent to me. You have sent: ‘I have given 7 (pieces) of meat to Haryotes,
vso 18	son of Teos.’ That is what is correct with them(?). Because it has been recognized
vso 19	that it angers you, I will not send to you (again) concerning something until
vso 20	the lesons arrives. Issued by Osoroeris, son of Teos, (in) the 18th regnal year, 26th of Mecheir.

¹ For the translation cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54.

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Places (read out from edition)

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Pꜣ-wꜣḥ-wꜥb (places.xml#s23)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
9635	man	Eschnoumpmetis (P. 13633)	Ns-H̱nm-mtr	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Nectanebo II	18	Mecheir	26	-343 May 6 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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Literature

DatasetID	100451
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	46451
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100451 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13633), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.