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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23555 |
| Current Location | magazine |
| 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 |
| Date of Discovery Term. Ante / Post Quem Non |
between 12 2 1906 and 12 2 1906 |
| 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 1906 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
| Object Type | papyrus |
| Color | papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 115 mm | 218 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The upper and lower right corners are broken off, one larger rectangular hole on the right side. |
| Mounting | framed under glass |
| Comments on Object | On the verso there are detectable faint traces of col. 1 l. 6-7 of the recto. |
| 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) | Line beginnings partly broken off in the corners, one hole with text lossses. Partly faded. | |
| Script, Primary | Late Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Roman Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Sehr flüchtige und teilweise besonder schwierige spätdemotische Geschäftsschrift verschiedener Hände" (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Narrow line pitch. Recto: The text covers nearly the entire sheet. Both columns are right-aligned, with a broad and equal right margin. Line length varying. Verso: The text was placed onto the right half of the sheet, with a broad right margin. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | Col. I: 12; Col. II: 12+4 | 9+y |
| Quantity of Columns | 2 | 1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 205 | 35 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 110 | 90 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 205 x 110 | 35 x 90 |
| Modern Title | Business contract with confirmation of correctness and lists of delivery of different items |
| Ancient Archives | administrative archive of unclear context |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Business contract. Confirmation of several persons concerning the correctness of that what was written in the letter. List of names, dates and the delivery of certain items, including wine. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
| Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||
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| Places (read out from edition) |
| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 9545 | (unknown) | Chnoum-reshi | Hnm-ršy | pre-Coptic Egyptian | ||
| 9540 | man | Espmetis, son of Harpaesis | Ns-pꜢ-mtr sꜢ Ḥr-pa-ꜣs.t | pre-Coptic Egyptian | ||
| 9550 | man | Espmetis, son of Imouthes (P. 23555) | Ns-pꜢ-mtr sꜢ Ỉy-m-ḥtp | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Roman Period | -30 BCE 211 CE | ; |
| P_23555_Rv_R_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| P_23555_Rv_V_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| DatasetID | 100524 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 45712 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100524 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23555), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
