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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 15500+15813+23678 |
Current Location | magazine |
Comments on Inventory | joining: Pap. Berlin P. 15500, Pap. Berlin P. 15813 + Pap. Berlin P. 23678; registered as existing during revision (1958) |
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 (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 Type | papyrus |
Color | papyrus, light |
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 70 mm | 279 mm | mm |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | The entire papyrus consists of three fragments joining directly. The left part is broken off in undetermined extent. Several minor holes in the preserved sheet. |
Mounting | framed under glass |
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) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | Ending of first line broken off in undetermined extent. | |
Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige, wenig deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
Comments on Text Layout | Wide line pitch. Recto: The text was placed onto the upper half of the sheet, with a small upper and a slightly broader right margin. The lower half remains uninscribed. Verso: Address line placed centered onto the lower half of the sheet. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | 2 | 1 |
Quantity of Columns | 1 | 0 |
Line Lenght (in mm) | 265 | 150 |
Column Height (in mm) | 25 | 10 |
Height of Line / Letter | ||
Line Distance | 265+y x 25 | 150 x 10 |
Modern Title | letter concerning the income of a Min priest |
Ancient Archives | Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Letter of Ptaus, son of Espaheran, to the lesonis Snebonychos, concerning the income of a priest of Min. |
Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
Gender | Man |
Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
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Places (read out from edition) |
ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
10220 | woman | Seharptos | ṮꜢy-Ḥr-pꜢ-tꜢ | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early) | 04 | Payni | 20 | -332 BCE -222 BCE | ; |
DatasetID | 100504 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos | 46494 |
Author | Jan Moje |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100504 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15500+15813+23678), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |