Pap. Berlin P. 23237

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 23237
Current Location	magazine \| papyrus depository
Comments on Inventory	Frg. a: P. 23074 Frg. e: P. 23073
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status	unpublished

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty:
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director) Certainty:
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	partage
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director) Certainty:
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Borchardt, Ludwig Certainty:

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Rotation	round vertical axis (side to side)
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The papyrus is preserved in five fragments without direct join. Their positioning relative to each other is unclear. All margins are damaged.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto/verso
State of Preservation (Text)	The text is damaged in form of holes, breaks and rubbed-off parts. Frg. d: upper part of a column
Script, Primary	Late Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting	The texts on the recto and on the verso were written by different scribes. The space between the lines is larger on the recto than on the verso. The handwriting on the recto is more careful than on the verso.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	Frg. b: col. I: x+3+y col. II: x+3+y Frg. c: x+3+y Frg. d: 4+y Frg. f: x+5+y Frg. g: x+5+y	Frg. b: x+5+y Frg. c: x+3+y Frg. d: 5+y Frg. f: x+5+y Frg. g: x+5+y
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Fragments of a possibly medical text
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary \| list scientific \| medicine
Summary of Content	The papyrus contains remedies and prescriptions for the treatment of eye diseases on the recto. It is not possible to make a definite statement about the exact content of the text on the verso due to its fragmentary state. Verso: Frg. d: rest of a list
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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Frg. b

col. x+I
x+1
x+2	.w
x+3	.w nn
col. x+II
x+1
x+2	nn
x+3	ḥr

Frg. c

x+1	m jr.tj=fj
x+2	(j)ḫ.wt nb.(w)t ꜥꜣ.(w)t
x+3	ꜣꜥ

Frg. d

1	¹The determinative Gardiner Sign F27 is preserved. bnn
2	=k (j)ḫ.t ẖr.j
3	=k jb=k jm šm
4

¹ The determinative Gardiner Sign F27 is preserved.

Frg. f

x+1	k.t jnr
x+2	tp n ḥntꜣsw ¹It is likely that Gardiner Sign I1 is preserved.
x+3	ꜣy.w tp
x+4	j.w ²The determinative are Gardiner Sign N33 and Z2. sjꜣ
x+5

¹ It is likely that Gardiner Sign I1 is preserved.
² The determinative are Gardiner Sign N33 and Z2.

Frg. g

x+1	sqrj.tw
x+2	ḏfḏ
x+3	mꜣꜥ=f
x+4	qrj
x+5

Frg. b

x+1
x+2	=f
x+3	fty
x+4	jmn.t n p.t n
x+5

Frg. c

x+1
x+2
x+3

x+1
x+2	ꜥb ꜥꜣ ¹According: Burkard/ Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 158.2 1/2
x+3	6 1/2 nbw
x+4
x+5

¹ According: Burkard/ Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 158.

Frg. f

x+1
x+2	ꜣ
x+3	f
x+4
x+5

Frg. g

x+1
x+2
x+3
x+4	wḏꜥ rdı͗ ¹According: Burkard/ Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 227 f.
x+5

¹ According: Burkard/ Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 227 f.

Frg. b

col. x+I
x+1	[///]
x+2	[///]
x+3	[///]
col. x+II
x+1	[///]
x+2	not [///]
x+3	face [///]

Frg. c

x+1	[///] in his two eyes [///]
x+2	[///] all big things [///]
x+3	[///]

Frg. d

x+1	[///] phallus/beget [///]
x+2	[///] you [///] the thing [///]
x+3	[///] you [///] the heart there. [///]
x+4	[///]

Frg. f

x+1	[///] Another one: [///]
x+2	[///] head of a lizard(?) [///]
x+3	[///] head [///]
x+4	[///] sjꜣ-mineral(?) [///]
x+5	[///]

Frg. g

x+1	[///] strike [///]
x+2	[///] ...? iris [///]
x+3	[///] his [///]
x+4	[///] ...? [///]
x+5	[///]

Frg. b

x+1	[///]
x+2	[///] his ...? [///]
x+3	[///] ...? [///]
x+4	[///] west of the heaven of [///]
x+5	[///]

Frg. c

x+1	[///]
x+2	[///]
x+3	[///]

Frg. d

x+1	[///]
x+2	[///] big(?) ...? 2 1/2 [///]
x+3	[///] 6 1/2 ...? gold [///]
x+4	[///]
x+5	[///]

Frg. f

x+1	[///]
x+2	[///]
x+3	[///]
x+4	[///] give [///]
x+5	[///]

Frg. g

x+1	[///]
x+2	[///]
x+3	[///]
x+4	[///]
x+5	[///]

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Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
26th dynasty					palaeographical dating;

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Literature

Burkard, Günter & Fischer-Elfert, Hans-Werner, Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland: Ägyptische Handschriften (1994). (158-159, no. 239 (b-d))
Burkard, Günter & Fischer-Elfert, Hans-Werner, Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland: Ägyptische Handschriften (1994). (227-228, no. 338 (f-g))

DatasetID	100489
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100489 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23237), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.