Pap. Berlin P. 13553
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 13553 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Comments on Inventory |
registered as existing during revision (1958) |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
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 (excavation director)
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 1907 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Color |
papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
197 mm | 92 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The right third of the sheet very holey, larger losses in the upper section. Still detectable is the part where a vertical strip was teared off for the wrapping of the entire roll, without loss of script.
A photo prior to 1939 shows the first wo lines undamaged. Therefore the today existing hole between theses lines must have been occurred later. |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
| Comments on Object |
One continuous vertical sheet join (kollesis) at the right part (0,9 cm).
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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) |
Today loss of the first two line endings, still existing on a photo prior to 1945. Several line beginings damaged. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Flüchtige, doch relativ deutlicher mittteldemotische Gescäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
Recto: The text covers nearly the entire surface of the sheet, without lateral margins, but broader ones on top and at the bottom.
Verso: The text is placed onto the upper two-thirds of the surface of the potsherd, without lateral margins, but with a broader one on top. The address is placed onto the otherwise uninscribed lower part. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
14 |
11+1 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
85,85 |
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| Column Height (in mm) |
170,125 |
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| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
85 x 170 |
85 x 125 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
letter presumably reporting dispute on land lease |
| Ancient Archives |
unclear |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | letter | vertical format
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| Summary of Content |
Letter of Thoteus OR Thotirdis, to Snebonychos. Presumbaly report on dispute concerning distribution and lease of cultivated land. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 9905 |
man |
Snebonychos ( P. 13553) |
Ns-pꜣ-nb-Ꜥnḫ |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic Dynasty (early) |
07 |
Third Month of ? |
22 |
-332 BCE -222 BCE |
Dating by palaeography.
Internal dating, without name of the ruler.; |
Pictures
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| P_13553_R_Altphoto |
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| P_13553_R-Handphoto |
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| P_13553_R_001 |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100468 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
46479 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100468 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13553), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
