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Pap. Berlin P. 13616

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Pap. Berlin P. 13616
Current Location magazine
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, dark
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) 98 mm | 159 mm | mm
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation The lateral parts are broken off in undetermined extent. In the upper part of the preserved papyrus a horizontal break.
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 lost in undetermined varying extent. On the verso only the first four line beginnings preserved.
Script, Primary Early Demotic
Language, Primary Early Demotic
Comments on Handwriting "Kleine geübte, z. T. schwer lesbare frühdemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout Medium line pitch. Larger margins on top and at the bottom.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 7 3+7+x l. (col. 1) + 5 l. (col. 2)
Quantity of Columns 1 2
Line Lenght (in mm) 115 155
Column Height (in mm) 70 60
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance 115 x 70 155 x 60

 

Text Content

Modern Title report on a strike of in the quarry of Elephantine
Ancient Archives Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | administrative document
Summary of Content Erichsen, Zauzich: Notes on recent activities in a quarry. On verso list of different stones. Cruz-Uribe: Report on striking quarry workmen. During this several blocks and statues were damaged, which are listed on the verso.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
R

1 ı͗w nꜣ ꜣky.w ı͗r wš ı͗y r tꜣ ẖ.t n Yb
2 [pꜣy] ꜣky s 10 ı͗.ı͗r šm r nꜣy ḥry-ı͗b n Yb ı͗w=w ı͗r bn nꜣ ı͗n.w
3 ẖn tꜣ s.t nꜣy Pꜣ-s-n-mtk sꜣ Wꜣḥ-ı͗b-Rꜥ ı͗.ı͗r šm r tꜣ
4 r pꜣy ky twt ı͗n ḏw(?) th n Yb
5 n ḥsb.t 13 stp=w nꜣy=w nṯr 6 mnq n ḥsb.t 13
6 Yb (n-)ḏr.t pꜣy ꜣky s 10
7 nty ḥry r nḫṱ.w r gm n nꜣ ꜣky.w
V
vso I
Vso I 1sw 12 ı͗n-nꜥ 1According to Martin, Demotic Texts (1996) C24. Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Nfr-ḥtp sꜣ Ḏd-Ḥp-ı͗w=f-ꜥnḫ
Vso I 2 nb 1 12 4 2
Vso I 3 ı͗n wmṱ 3 wp-s.t 2 mḥ-1 5 3 1 mḥ-1 8 4 3 r-mḥ
vso II
Vso II 1 mḥ 8 2 2
Vso II 2 4 wp-s.t
Vso II 3 2½ 1 1
Vso II 4 6 2½ 1 1
Vso II 5 6 2½ 1 1
Vso II 6 2]½ 1 1
Vso II 7
vso III
Vso III 1 ky twt 4 wp-s.t
Vso III 2 ı͗nr km 1 mḥ 5
Vso III 3 mr 3 wp-s.t
Vso III 4 nty ḥnq m-sꜣ=s 1 ḥnq
Vso III 5 r-mḥ

1 According to Martin, Demotic Texts (1996) C24.
1[///] while the stonemasons cease to come to the quarry of Elephantine.
2[/// these] stonemasons, 10 men, are those who went to ⸢..?..⸣ in the center of Elephantine, causing damage. The stone[s ///]
3[///] [They are the stones which are in] their place. Psammetichos, son of Oaphres is the one who went to the ..?.. [///]
4[///, seeing] this other statue (of) mountain stone, which was damaged in Elephantine [///]
5[///] in the 13th regnal year. They have chosen those six gods who are completed in the 13th regnal year [///]
6[///] Elephantine, from these stonemasons, 10 men ⸢..?..⸣ [///] 7 [///] which is above, to protect them from damage [by the quarrymen] [///]
Vso I 1 12th day ⸢..?..⸣ Petenephotes, son of Djed-hep-i[uefanch].
Vso I 2 [///] Damage: 1 (stone) of 12 × 4 × 2 (cubits),
Vso I 3 [///] three tower stones. Specification: two of 5 × 3 × 1 cubits, one of 8 × 4 × 3 cubits. Total.
Vso II 1 [///] of 8 × 2 × 2 cubits.
Vso II 2 [///] of 4. Specification:
Vso II 3 [///] of 2½ × 1 × 1.
Vso II 4 [///] 6: of 2½ × 1 × 1.
Vso II 5 [///] 6: of 2½ × 1 × 1.
Vso II 6 [/// of 2] ½ × 1 × 1.
Vso II 7 [///]
Vso III 1 Further 4 statues. Specification:
Vso III 2 Black stone: 1 of 5 cubits.
Vso III 3 Mer-stone: 3 × {Specification}
Vso III 4 which was donated afterwards: 1. Donation.
Vso III 5 Complete.
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Places (read out from edition)
  • Yb (places.xml#s3)
  • Yb (places.xml#s3)
  • Yb (places.xml#s3)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    1740 man Petenephotes, son of Djedhepiuefanch PꜢ-ḏỉ-Nfr-ḥtp sꜢ Dd-Ḥp-ỉw=f-Ꜥnḫ pre-Coptic Egyptian

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Amasis 13 -558 BCE -557 BCE internal dating, without name of the ruler;

     

    Pictures

    P_13616_Rv_R_001
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    P_13616_Rv_V_001
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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 100462
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 46490
    Author Jan Moje
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 100462 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13616), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.