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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 15802 |
Current Location | magazine |
Comments on Inventory | registered as existing during revision (1967) |
Publication Permission Status | permission for publication assigned |
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 / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors) 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 1908 |
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
Object Type | papyrus |
Color | papyrus, dark |
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 232 mm | 85 mm | mm |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent, on the right side only marginal loss of papyrus material. At the upper left edge several minor damages. |
Mounting | framed under glass |
Restoration Activities | Restaurierung abgeschlossen |
Comments on Object | Palimpsest. Traces of an anterior text, turned 180°. |
Localization of Text on Object | recto | |
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel (recto) | |
Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | Upper part broken off in undetermined extent. Line beginnings lost in small extent only. Line endings damaged in the upper part | |
Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige, mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
Comments on Text Layout | Narrow line pitch. The text was placed onto the upper half of the (preserved) sheet. Line length varying. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | x+13 | 0 |
Quantity of Columns | 1 | 0 |
Line Lenght (in mm) | 80 | 0 |
Column Height (in mm) | 130 | 0 |
Height of Line / Letter | ||
Line Distance | 80 x x+130 | 0 |
Modern Title | letter mentioning the arrival of 200 Nubians |
Ancient Archives | unclear |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Letter concerning correspondence with persons situated in Thebes, mentioning the arrival of 200 Nubians. Exact context unclear due to the fragmentary condition. |
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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Places (read out from edition) |
ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
10375 | man | Peteharsomtous (P. 15802) | PꜢ-ḏỉ-Ḥr-smꜢ-tꜢ.wỉ | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Ptolemaic dynasty | -332 BCE -30 BCE | internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
DatasetID | 100490 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos | 46550 |
Author | Jan Moje |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100490 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15802), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |