Pap. Berlin P. 15599
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 15599 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Comments on Inventory |
laid within P. 15598; 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 (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 1906 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Color |
papyrus, dark |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
228 mm | 68 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
complete |
| State of Preservation |
Some frayings at the edges, minor holes horizontally and vertically lined. |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
| Comments on Object |
Palimpest.
On the recto as well as on the verso some traces of an anterior text. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
recto |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) |
parallel (recto) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Complete. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Flüchtige und wenig sorgfältige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
The text was placed centered onto the sheet, with small lateral margins and broad upper and lower marigns. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
14 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
55 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
185 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
55 x 185 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
list of deliveries of fruits or oil on different days |
| Ancient Archives |
administrative archive of unclear context |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | account
- documentary | list
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| Summary of Content |
List of deliveries of fruits (tge) or oil (tgm) from different persons, specified by day. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
Text
People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic Dynasty (early - middle) |
11 |
Choiak |
27 |
-332 BCE -180 BCE |
Dating by palaeography; |
Pictures
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Literature
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den Brinker, Anna Adriana & Muhs, Brian & Vleeming, Sven P., A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents (2005). (16)
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Lüddeckens, Erich, Papyri, Demotische, Berlin (1982). (no. E23k)
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Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Ägyptische Handschriften 2 (1971). (no. 99)
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Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Papyri von der Insel Elephantine 2 (1993). (no. 15599)
| DatasetID |
100471 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
45699 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100471 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15599), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
