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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 13622 |
Current Location | magazine | papyrus depository |
Comments on Inventory | This object was present in the Berlin collection in 1958. |
Publication Permission Status | permission for publication upon enquiry only |
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) | (unknown) Certainty: high |
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt | Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution | (unknown) |
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) | Borchardt, Ludwig Certainty: high |
Object Type | papyrus |
Rotation | around horizontal axis (top to bottom) |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | Viewed from the recto: large pieces of the papyrus from the upper and lower right edge are lost. In addition, the left and lower margin is destroyed. There are also a few holes with little text loss. |
Localization of Text on Object | recto | |
Inks and Pigments | carbon ink polychrome black and red | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | On the recto: The beginnings of all lines are damaged or lost. The length of the text loss varies from a few signs to half a line. There is only a little bit of text loss due to the holes in the papyrus. The end of line 20 is also damaged. On the verso: Parts of the signs are rubbed off. The beginnings of all lines of the upper text and the ends of all lines of the lower text are damaged or lost. The length of the text loss varies from a few signs to half a line. The ends of the upper text are also damaged. There is no big text loss due to the papyrus holes. | |
Script, Primary | New Kingdom Hieratic | |
Language, Primary | Late Egyptian | |
Comments on Handwriting | The signs are very small and cursive. | |
Comments on Text Layout | Several text passages of different lengths separated by large spaces are visible. The lines are longer on the verso and extend over the whole width of this papyrus sheet. The lower text on the verso is rotated 180 degrees with regard to the rest of the texts. The lines also vary in length. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | 20 | 17 |
Height of Line / Letter |
Modern Title | Book of Temple |
Ancient Author of Text | (Unknown) |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Based on the rotation of this object for the inscription, it is likely that this papyrus was not an official document. This object contains a part of the "Book of the Temple". |
Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
Gender | Man |
Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Transcription | Translation | Pictures |
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RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
New Kingdom - Third Intermediate Period | palaeographical dating; |
previousely unpublished
DatasetID | 100466 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Author | Martina Grünhagen; Matthias Müller; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100466 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13622), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Matthias Müller; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |