Pap. Berlin P. 15518

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 15518
Current Location	magazine
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 / 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

Object Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, light
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	231 mm \| 105 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	The upper right corner is broken off rectangular. Some frayings at the left edge, several minor holes in the sheet.
Mounting	framed under glass
Comments on Object	The papyrus is still mounted on paper (05/2016).

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto/verso
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	parallel (verso) and perpendicular (recto)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	Beginning of the first two lines lost
Script, Primary	Late Demotic
Language, Primary	Roman Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Kleine, stellenweise etwas unsaubere spätdemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. The text was placed onto the upper four-fifth of the sheet, with small lateral margins and a broader upper one. All lines are sloping sightly down towards the ending. Verso: two small columns, address and dispatching or entry remark. Unclear, currently unique.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	17	4
Quantity of Columns	1	2
Line Lenght (in mm)	90	95
Column Height (in mm)	175	10
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	90 x 175	95 x 10

Text Content

Modern Title	letter with announcement of work to be conducted soon
Ancient Archives	private archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	[///], son of Peteesis
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| vertical format
Summary of Content	Letter of [///], son of Peteese, to Petosorsmetis, son of Bienchis. Announcement of work to be conducted soon by the sender for the addressee. Inquiry on the well-being of persons and information on the well-being of the daughter of the addressee.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	Zauzich: Several unethymological notations.
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	- Identifier of woman: daughter of a man (addressee), without name
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	NN sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-ꜣs.t pꜣ nty ḏd nꜣ sme
2	Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r-ns-mtr (sꜣ) Bꜥy-ꜥnḫ
3	dy m-bꜣḥ H̱nm-Nqpls
4	mtw=f nhm=k mtw=f ḏı͗.t wḏꜣ=k mtw=f
5	ḏı͗.t ḫpr mtr nb ı͗rm=k mtw=f ḏı͗.t
6	nw=n ḥr=k (ı͗w) mn ḏꜥꜣ ẖn
7	ꜥš-sḥn nfr ı͗w mn ḏꜥꜣ
8	ẖn ꜥš-sḥn nfr mn ḏꜥꜣ
9	(n-)ı͗m=n dy tw=n ı͗r tꜣ wp.t
10	(n) pꜣy=k rn nꜣ md(.t) mtw=f ¹For the use of mtw=f ⲛⲧⲟϥ as a participle see Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), Nr. C23. (r.)wꜣḥ=k ḏd.ṱ=w
11	n=n (r-)dbꜣ pꜣ ḥm-nṯr H̱nm nty ı͗w=n
12	r ı͗r=w ḏr=w tꜣ md(.t) nty ı͗w=k wḫꜣ=s
13	dy hb n=n (n.)ı͗m=s
14	sẖ ḥsb.t 40 Qysr ı͗bd 3 pr.t
15	sw 15 my šn=w pꜣ wḏꜣ Lly
16	Pꜣ-ḏı͗-H̱nm ı͗rm Pa-H̱nm pꜣ ḫm
17	mn ḏꜥꜣ tꜣy=k šr.t

¹ For the use of mtw=f ⲛⲧⲟϥ as a participle see Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), Nr. C23.

col. I
vso I:1	ṯꜣy=w ¹For the sequence of the four small lines in the two columns see Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), Nr. C23, contra Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 1 (1978). Both verso columns are written by the same hand, but by another person different from the scribe of the letter. s (r) Ybꜣ
vso I:2	sw 27
col. II
vso II:1	(r) ḏı͗.t s (n) Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r-ns-mtr
vso II:2	(sꜣ) Bꜥy-ꜥnḫ pꜣ ḥm-nṯr

¹ For the sequence of the four small lines in the two columns see Martin, Demotic Texts (1996), Nr. C23, contra Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 1 (1978). Both verso columns are written by the same hand, but by another person different from the scribe of the letter.

1	[NN, son of] Peteesis is the one, who recites the blessings
2	[(for) Petosor]smetis, (son) of Bienchis,
3	here before Chnoum-Nikephoros.
4	He may rescue you, he may `cause´ you to be saved, and he may
5	cause every right thing to happen to you, and he may cause
6	us to see ¹Reading variant Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae: „dein Gesicht“.you without harm in
7	good fortune {harmless
8	in good fortune}. There is no harm
9	with us here. We carry out the work
10	(in) your name. Moreover, the matters of him on which you have spoken
11	to us concerning the priest of Chnoum: We shall
12	carry out all of them. The matter which you will desire
13	here ²Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 50.: Send to us concerning it! ³For translation after F. Hoffmann cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 50.
14	Written in the 40th regnal year of Caesar (Augustus), 15th of
15	Phamenoth. Let one ask about the well-being of Lilos, ⁴Greek name Λιλως.
16	(of) Petechnoumis ⁵Reading variant Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 1 (1978): „des Sohnes des Petechnoumis“, and (of) Pachnoumis Junior!
17	No disadvantage is there with you daughter
vso I:1	It was taken to Elephantine
vso I:2	at the 27th day,
vso II:1	in order to give it to Petosorsmetis,
vso II:2	(son) of Bienchis, the priest.

¹ Reading variant Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae: „dein Gesicht“.
² Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 50.
³ For translation after F. Hoffmann cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 50.
⁴ Greek name Λιλως.
⁵ Reading variant Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 1 (1978): „des Sohnes des Petechnoumis“

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Places (read out from edition)

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
695	man	imperator 01 Augustus: Augustus Caesar	Gysrs = Qysr(s), Αὐγούστος Καίσαρος, pꜣ nṯr	Latin

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Augustus	40	Phamenoth	15	11 March 11 CE	internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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Literature

DatasetID	100494
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	46501
Author	Jan Moje; Emil Joubert (bibliography)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100494 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15518), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje; Emil Joubert (bibliography).