Pap. Berlin P. 13544

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13544
Current Location	exhibition \| Neues Museum, Berlin
Comments on Inventory	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 1907
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	(not relevant) Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, light
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	385 mm \| 45 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	Complete.
Mounting	framed under glass
Comments on Object	Palimpsest. Traces of an anterior text (carefully wiped out)

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)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	Complete.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Ungewöhnlich sorgfältige und gleichmäßige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Medium line pitch. Recto: The text was placed centered onto the surface of the papyrus, without lateral margins, with broad margins on top and bottom. Verso: Only the address is placed onto the very upper part of the surface.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	39	1
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	40	0
Column Height (in mm)	340	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	40 x 340	0

Text Content

Modern Title	letter concerning reconciliation
Ancient Archives	private archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Horos, son of Pa-hetnetjer
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| vertical format
Summary of Content	Letter of Horos, son of Pa-hetnetjer. He seems to try to reconcile with the addressee regarding defamation or someting similar.
Location of Composition	Thebes Upper Egypt, 4th nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	ḫrw Ḥr sꜣ Pa-ḥ.t-nṯr
2	m-bꜣḥ pꜣy=f ḥry pꜣ ḥm-nṯr tpy
3	tw=y ı͗r nꜣy=k sm(ꜣꜥ)
4	m-bꜣḥ I͗mn pꜣ nṯr ꜥꜣ ı͗ ḏı͗
5	Pꜣ-Rꜥ qy pꜣy=f ꜥḥꜥ pḥ
6	Pꜣ-šr-pꜣ-wr r-bw-nꜣy
7	sḏm=y pꜣy=k wḏꜣ ı͗rm
8	nꜣ rwš nty ı͗w=k ı͗r=w
9	(r-)dbꜣ=y ı͗.ı͗r
10	ꜥn=f ı͗w=n mtw=k
11	n sn ḫm ı͗.ı͗r pꜣy=w
12	sp m-ı͗r ḏı͗.t ḫpr
13	ḫs ı͗wt=k ı͗rm
14	Pa-ḥ.t-nṯr ꜥn ḫr
15	ḏd=f hyn md(.t) n
16	rꜣ=f ı͗w bn ı͗w st
17	n ḥꜣ.ṱ=f ı͗n
18	ı͗.ı͗r ꜥn=f ı͗w=ṯn
19	ı͗.ı͗r pꜣ nṯr
20	r hꜣ.ṱ=ṯn mtr
21	wn k.t-ẖ rmṯ ı͗w=w
22	ḏd hyn md(.t)
23	m-ı͗r ḫꜣꜥ=w ı͗w=w
24	ršy n.ı͗m=ṯn
25	ı͗.ı͗r md(.t) nb(.t) nty pꜣ tꜣ
26	ḫpr mn rmṯ m-sꜣ
27	rmṯ ı͗rm pꜣy=f sn ı͗w=k ı͗p=s
28	ı͗w=k r gm.ṱ=s nꜣ wꜥb.w
29	nty dy šn=w r pꜣy=k
30	wḏꜣ nꜣ-ꜥšꜣ=w r hb
31	n=k n.ı͗m=w bn-pw=y
32	gm pꜣ ḫpr ı͗w mr=w ¹Unetymological writing for bw=ir=w (ir) = ⲙⲉⲩ, after Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 1 (1978).
33	pꜣy=k ꜥš-sḥn ꜥn sp-2
34	m-sꜣ ṯꜣy pꜣ skr
35	ı͗n ı͗.ı͗r=k ı͗w=f ḫpr
36	ı͗w wn md(.t) dy my ḥn=w
37	s r hb n=y n.ı͗m=s
38	sẖ n ḥsb.t 1.t ı͗bd 4 šmw
39	sw 6

¹ Unetymological writing for bw=ir=w (ir) = ⲙⲉⲩ, after Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 1 (1978).

vso 1

ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr pꜣ ḥm-nṯr tpy

1	Voice of Horos, son of Pa-hetnetjer
2	before his master, the high priest:
3	I perform your blessings
4	before Amun, the great god. Oh may
5	Pre cause his lifetime to be long! Thus has arrived
6	Psenpoeris here.
7	I have heard about your well-being and
8	the worries which you are doing
9	on my account. It is
10	nice that we are with you
11	as a younger brother ¹For the translation cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 49.. Concerning their remaining matters,
12	do not let contempt
13	arise between you and
14	Pa-hetnetjer anymore! He used
15	to say words with
16	his mouth, which are not
17	in his heart.
18	It is nice that you come
19	to the god,
20	by your heart being satisfied.²For the translation cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 49.
21	There are other people who
22	are saying certain matters.
23	Do not let them
24	scoff at you ³Lit.: „Do not let them rejoicing over you!“!
25	As for everything which on earth
26	happens: Every man
27	is the brother of his neighbor ⁴Lit.: "There is no man except a man with his brother".. If you consider this,
28	you will find it. The wab priests
29	which are here, they have inquired about your
30	well-being. They ⁵Scil. „the words“, but cf. the rejected variant „scil. the priests“ in Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 49. are too much to send
31	to you about it. I never
32	found that they have not taken
33	your order
34	after you have
35	left ⁶Lit.„after you set sail.“. If it happens that here ⁷According to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 49. Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 1 (1978): „dort“. is something
36	(which is desired): May it be ordered
37	to send to me about it.
38	Written in the 1st regnal year, 6th of
39	Mesore.
vso 1	To [_] the high priest

¹ For the translation cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 49.
² For the translation cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 49.
³ Lit.: „Do not let them rejoicing over you!“
⁴ Lit.: "There is no man except a man with his brother".
⁵ Scil. „the words“, but cf. the rejected variant „scil. the priests“ in Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 49.
⁶ Lit.„after you set sail.“
⁷ According to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 49. Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 1 (1978): „dort“.

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
9870	man	Pa-hetnetjer (father of Horos)	Pa-ḥ.t-nṯr	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early)	01	Mesore	06	-332 BCE -222 BCE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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Literature

DatasetID	100484
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	46473
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100484 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13544), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.