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Pap. Berlin P. 23073

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Pap. Berlin P. 23073
Current Location magazine | papyrus depository
Comments on Inventory Ehem. P. 23237 e
Publication Status unpublished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 / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
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 / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty:
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Borchardt, Ludwig
Certainty:

Object

Object Type papyrus
Color papyrus
Rotation around horizontal axis (top to bottom)
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation - two fragments without direct joins but their positioning relative to each other is clear - all margins are damaged - there are large holes
Comments on Object It is likely that Pap. Berlin P. 23074 is a fragment of the same papyrus.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) parallel (recto) and perpendicular (verso)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink polychrome black and red
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) The preserved text is damaged in form of holes and is rubbed off.
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. Rubra are only on the recto.
Comments on Text Layout The scribe rotated the papyrus vertically to write on the verso.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines Col I.: x+11+y Col. II: x+6+y x+15
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Medical text concerning eye-diseases (recto) and ritual for the protection of the akh of Pharao (verso)
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • religious-literary | polytheistic Egyptian
  • scientific | medicine
Summary of Content The papyrus contains prescriptions for the treatment of eye diseases on the recto. Verso: This seems to be a ritual for the protection of the akh of Pharaoh.
Location of Composition unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
R
col. x+I
x+1 m jr.tj=f
x+2
x+3 ḏı͗ r sꜣ n jr.tj k.t
x+4 gꜣs
x+5 wꜣy
x+6 mj.tt k.t sjꜣ
x+7
x+8.t sẖꜣ.w s
x+9 jm k.t ws.t
x+10
x+11 ẖnt m ꜥꜣ.wj n.w(j) jr.tj=f
x+5
x+6m ḫnw jr.tj=f
x+7
x+8
x+9r=f gr
x+10
x+11
V
Fragm. 1, line 1[///] .?. nb .?. bꜣḥ .?. [///]
Fragm. 1, line 2 [///] .?. n tp [///] ꜣḫ [///]
Fragm. 1, line 3[///] ꜣs.t wr[.t] [///] [m]wt .?. [///]
Fragm. 1, line 4[///] .?. nb tꜣ.wj [///] jꜥrꜥ.t ḥr [///]
Fragm. 1, line 5[///] .?.=f nn sš(?)[///]tw=s .?. [///]
Fragm. 1, line 6[///] bjn ḏw
Fragm. 1, line 7[///] n Stš .?. sw(?) m [///]
Fragm. 1, line 8[///] .?. ꜣḫ .?. [///]
Fragm. 1, line 9[///] ẖnw .?. [///]
Fragm. 2, x+1[///] [///]
Fragm. 2, x+2[///] .?. n ꜣḫ Pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-snb
Fragm. 2, x+3[///].w mk ḥꜣ[///]
Fragm. 2, x+4[///] .?. Jmn [///]
Fragm. 2, x+5[///] .?. [///]
Fragm. 2, x+6[///] [///]
R
x+I
x+1[///] in his two eyes [///]
x+2
x+3[///] give to the back of the two eyes. Another one: [///]
x+4[///] (and) ...?; annoint [///]
x+5[///] wꜣy-mineral
x+6as well. Another one: sjꜣ-mineral
x+7
x+8sẖꜣ.w-ink
x+9there. Another one: sawdust(?)
x+10
x+11the ẖnt-illness in the two doors of his two eyes
x+II
x+5[///]
x+6within his two eyes [///]
x+7[///]
x+8
x+9[///] against it. [///]
x+10
x+11[///]
V
Fragm. 1, line 1[///] .?. lord .?. in front of .?. [///]
Fragm. 1, line 2[///] .?. of the head/on top of [///] akh [///]
Fragm. 1, line 3[///] the great Isis [///] Mut(?) .?. [///]
Fragm. 1, line 4[///] .?. lord of both lands [///], the Uraios on [///]
Fragm. 1, line 5[///] he [///], she(?) does not .?. [///]
Fragm. 1, line 6[///] bad and evil.
Fragm. 1, line 7[///] of Seth .?. him(?) in [///]
Fragm. 1, line 8[///] .?. akh .?. [///]
Fragm. 1, line 9[///] inside .?. [///]
Fragm. 2, x+1[///] [///]
Fragm. 2, x+2[///] .?. for the akh of Pharaoh, he may live, be well and healthy,
Fragm. 2, x+3[///] the [///]-gods. Protection around [///]
Fragm. 2, x+4[///] .?. Amun [///]
Fragm. 2, x+5[///] the [///]-place .?. [///]
Fragm. 2, x+6[///] [///]
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Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty) -746 BCE -332 BCE palaeographical dating;

 

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Literature

 

DatasetID 100496
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Martina Grünhagen; Matthias Müller; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 100496 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23073), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Matthias Müller; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.