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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 15504 |
| Current Location | magazine |
| Comments on Inventory | corded together with P. 15001, 15002, 15003 ; 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 (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) | 72 mm | 342 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | In the upper middle part a large hole. The right edge is damaged. Several breaks and minor holes in the sheet.. |
| Mounting | framed under glass |
| Localization of Text on Object | verso/recto | |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | perpendicular | |
| Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
| Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
| State of Preservation (Text) | Right half of the first line damaged and partly broken off. | |
| Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Geübte, relativ deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Wide line pitch. Recto: The text covers nearly the entire sheet, with small and equal lateral margins and a broader upper one. Verso:The text was placed onto the upper half of the sheet. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 4 | 2+1 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 325 | 330 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 55 | 25 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 325 x 55 | 33 x 25 (without address line) |
| Modern Title | Letter concerning the upcoming arrival of the archentaphiast in Aswan |
| Ancient Archives | administrative archive of unclear context |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Letter of Teos, son of Psenmehyt, to Petosiris, son of Pachaas, concerning the upcoming arrival of the archentaphiast in Aswan. The addressee is required to care for accomodation and provisions. For this process cf. Pap. Berlin P. 15501 - 15503. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 10230 | man | Petosiris, son of Pkas | PꜢ-ḏỉ-Wsỉr sꜢ Pa-ḫꜣꜥ=s | pre-Coptic Egyptian | ||
| 2680 | man | Teos, son of Psenemous | Ḏd-ḥr sꜢ PꜢ-šr-Mḥy.t | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios III Euergetes | 05 | Payni | 12 | -242 July 27 BCE | Dating by palaeography. Internal dating, without name of the ruler.; |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| P_15504_V |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| DatasetID | 100510 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46498 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100510 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15504), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
