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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23595 |
| 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 2 1 1907 and 2 1 1907 |
| 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 1907 and 1907 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
| Object Type | papyrus |
| Color | papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 275 mm | 114 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The left part is broken off in undetermined extent, the right one only slightly. Several large holes in the 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) | Recto: Line beginnings slightly damaged. Line endings broken off in undetermined extent. Verso: Line beginnings broken off in undetermined extent. | |
| Script, Primary | Early Demotic | |
| Script, additional A | Abnormal Hieratic | |
| Language, Primary | Early Demotic | |
| Language, additional A | pre-Coptic Egyptian | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Recto: Gute frühdemotische Urkundenschrift. Verso: Relativ sorgfältiges Abnormal-Hieratisch in mehreren Händen." (Alles 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 broad upper margin. The lower half remains uninscribed. Verso: The text was placed onto the upper half of the sheet, with broad upper and left margins. The lower half remains uninscribed. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 5 | 3+5 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 115 | x+70 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 70 | 110 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 115+y x 70 | x+70 x 110 |
| Modern Title | Sales contract |
| Ancient Archives | administrative archive of unclear context |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Sales contract. The details are not detectable any more due to the fragmentary condition. Abnormal Hieratic witness signatures |
| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) | Abnormal Hieratic: Witness signatures |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Bilingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
| Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Places (read out from edition) |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Apries | 13 | Payni | -577 October 11 BCE -577 November 9 BCE | internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
| P_23595_Rv_R_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| P_23595_Rv_V_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| DatasetID | 100531 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 45723 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100531 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23595), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
