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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23074 |
Current Location | magazine | papyrus depository |
Publication Permission Status | (unknown) |
Publication Status | unpublished |
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 Type | papyrus |
Rotation | round vertical axis (side to side) |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | one fragment whose margins are damaged |
Comments on Object | It is likely that Pap. Berlin P. 23073 is a fragment of the same papyrus. |
Localization of Text on Object | recto/verso | |
Inks and Pigments | type unclear polychrome black and red | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | The preserved text is rubbed off. | |
Script, Primary | "Späthieratische Buchschrift" | |
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 on the recto and on the verso. | |
Comments on Text Layout | ||
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | x+6+y | x+8+y |
Height of Line / Letter |
Modern Title | medical text |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | The papyrus contains prescriptions for the treatment of eye diseases on the recto. It is not possible to make a definite statement about the exact content of the text on the verso due to its fragmentary state. |
Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 i. e. catarrh. |
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Places (read out from edition) |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty) | -664 BCE -332 BCE | paleography (According to: Burkard & Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 223); |
DatasetID | 100518 |
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 100518 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23074), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Matthias Müller, Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |