Pap. Berlin P. 13614

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13614
Current Location	exhibition \| Neues Museum, Berlin
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 Details	"ruin of a private house"
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)	125 mm \| 335 mm \| mm
Criteria for Dating	Kein Palimpsest.
Rotation	around vertical axis (side to side)
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The lateral parts are broken off in undetermined extent. The upper and lower edges are damaged. Several larger, horizontally stringed holes above the text, from the original sealing.
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)	All line beginnings and endings are lost.
Script, Primary	Early Demotic
Language, Primary	Early Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Geübte frühdemotische Urkundenschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2).
Comments on Text Layout	Recto: Medium line pitch. The text was placed centered onto the sheet, with broad upper and lower margins. Verso: Medium line pitch. The text was placed onto the lower right section.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	3	6
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	315	60
Column Height (in mm)	35	60
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	315 x 35	60 x 60

Text Content

Modern Title	Marriage contract
Ancient Archives	private archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Espmetis, son of Psammetichos-menechib
Text Types	documentary \| contract \| vertical format
Summary of Content	Marriage contract of Hapertais, son of Teos and his mother Taiu-nacht, with Seniah, daughter of Pa-anch-i-ı͗r-iy and her mother Tetesatis. With autographic witness signatures.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	Year number "30" clearly visible, the unit position with "4" according to Wolja Erichsen.
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	- Activity of woman: contractant in marriage contract - Identifier of woman: daughter of a man and of her mother - Identifier of woman: mother of a woman in her filiation
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

1	ḥsb.t 34 … pr-ꜥꜣ Wꜣḥ-ib-Rꜥ ¹According to Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), no. C27. ḏd nfw mw byn Ḥp-ı͗.ı͗r-ḏı͗-s sꜣ Ḏd-ḥr mw.t=f Tꜣy=w-nḫt s.ḥm.t Tꜣ-šr(.t)-n-ı͗ꜥḥ ta Pꜣ-ꜥnḫ-ı͗.ı͗r-ı͗y mw.t=s Tꜣ-ḏı͗-Spd.t ı͗r=(y) ḏı͗=ṯ n ḥm.t n ḥsb.t 34 [///]
2	ḫbr (n) pš nꜣy=y ẖrṱ.w nty ms nꜣy.w ²According to Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), no. C27, following M. Malinine in OLZ 50 (1955), 498. The translation presented here is based on his version. n nty nb nkt nty mtw(=y) ḥnꜥ nꜣ nty ı͗w(=y) r ḏı͗.t ḫpr.w ḥnꜥ ꜣḫ.ṱ n ı͗t mw.t ı͗w(ı͗) ḫꜣꜥ(=ṯ) m ḥm.t
3	ı͗nk ı͗w=y r ḏı͗.t n=ṯ ḥḏ (qd) 2 n pr-ḥḏ n N.t ḥnꜥ bd 8 n ³⁴Reading of „8“ nach Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), no. C 27, the previous reading was bd 50. tꜣ hn 40 sẖ Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Pꜣ-sꜣ-n-mṯk-mnḫ-ı͗b ⁵Reading after Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), no. C 27.

¹ According to Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), no. C27.
² According to Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), no. C27, following M. Malinine in OLZ 50 (1955), 498. The translation presented here is based on his version.
³ Reading of „8“ nach Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), no. C 27, the previous reading was bd 50.
⁴ Reading of „8“ nach Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), no. C 27, the previous reading was bd 50.
⁵ Reading after Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), no. C 27.

Vso 1	Wꜣḥ-ı͗b-Rꜥ sꜣ Ḥr-wḏꜣ
Vso 2	Ns-pꜣ-wḏꜣ-Ḏḥwtı͗ sꜣ Ns-Ḥr
Vso 3	Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Ns-Wn-nfr
Vso 4	I͗r.t-w-r.r-w sꜣ Ḥr-wḏ
Vso 5	Pꜣ-sꜣ-mtq sꜣ Wꜣḥ-ı͗b-Rꜥ-mry-Nı͗.t ¹Reading after Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), no. C 27.
Vso 6	Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Tty sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Ḥr
Vso 7

¹ Reading after Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), no. C 27.

1	[34th regnal year … of Pharaoh Amasis]. Thus has spoken the cataract pilot Hapertais, son of Teos and his mother Taiu-nacht, (to) the lady Seniah, daughter of Pa-anch-i-ir-iy and her mother Tetesatis: (I) have made you a wife in the 34th regnal year. [///]
2	[/// The children whom you will bear to me] are sharers with my children who are (already) born, concerning all and each which belongs to me, together with that which I will gain, together with the estates of father (and) mother. If I leave (you) as [wife ///]
3	[/// I shall pay out to you 2 silver (deben) from] the treasury of Thebes, together with 8 (sacks) emmer (by the measure) of 40 hin. Written by Espmetis, son of Psammetichos-menechib.
Vso 1	Oaphres, son of Haryotes.
Vso 2	Espotethotes, son of Esyris.
Vso 3	Espmetis, son of Esonnophris.
Vso 4	Ithoros, son of Haryotes.
Vso 5	Psammetichos, son of ⸢Oaphres-meri-neithes⸣.
Vso 6	Peteteti, son of Peteyris.
Vso 7	[///].

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Places (read out from edition)

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
9480	man	Amasis (pharaoh)	Wꜣḥ-ỉb-Rꜥ	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Amasis	3[4(?)]			-537 BCE -536 BCE	internal dating, name of the ruler lost;

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Literature

DatasetID	100461
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	45692
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100461 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13614), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.