Pap. Berlin P. 23663
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 23663 |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
Origin / Provenance
| 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 / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
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 1908 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Color |
papyrus, dark |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
172 mm | 83 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The lower part is broken off in undetermined extent. All other edges heavily damaged. Some minor holes in the sheet. |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
Text Basic Information
| 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) |
Lower part broken off in undetermined extent. Several holes with minor text damages. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Flüchtige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Medium line pitch.
Recto: The text was placed onto the upper third of the sheet, without upper and lateral margins. One additional line at the very lower bottom.
Verso: Left half of preserved sheet remains uninscribed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 +1 |
12+y |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
80 |
45 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
45 |
15 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
80 x 45 |
45 x 15 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
account of priests connected with their income |
| Ancient Archives |
Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | account
- documentary | list
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| Summary of Content |
Recto: Account of income of emmer and barley breads of the 1st, 2nd, and 4th phyle.
Verso: List of days and measures (1 - 3 jars). |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | sꜣ tpy ꜥq ı͗t 10 bd.t
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2 | | sꜣ sn.nw ꜥq 12 ꜥq n ı͗t 14 bd.t 2
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3 | | sꜣ 4 ꜥq ı͗t 8 bd.t 3 |
4 | | bd.t 5 ꜥq ı͗t 3¼ dmḏ(?)
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vso 1 | | sw 16 1 |
vso 2 | | sw 19 1 |
vso 3 | | sw 22
2 |
vso 4 | | sw 26 ] 2 |
vso 5 | | sw 29 1 |
vso 6 | | sw 30 1 |
vso 7 | | sp 3 |
vso 8 | |
1 |
vso 9 | | sw 2 1 |
vso 10 | | sw 5 1 |
vso 11 | | sw 6
1 |
vso 12 | | sw x 1
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1 | | 1st phyle: bread of barley 10, (of) emmer [///] |
2 | | 2nd phyle: bread 12. Bread of barely 14, (of) emmer 2 ..?..[///] |
3 | | 4th phyle: bread of barley 8, (of) emmer 3 |
4 | | emmer 5 [bread of] barley 3¼ [_]. Total. |
vso 1 | | 16th day [_] 1 (jar) |
vso 2 | | 19th day [_] 1(jar) |
vso 3 | | 22nd day [_]..?..2 (jars) |
vso 4 | | 26th day [_]..?.. 2 (jars) |
vso 5 | | 29th day [_] 1 (jar) |
vso 6 | | 30th day [_] 1 (jar) |
vso 7 | | ⸢..?..⸣ rest 3 (jars) |
vso 8 | | ⸢..?..⸣ 1 (jar) |
vso 9 | | 4th day [_] 1 (jar) |
vso 10 | | 5th day [_] 1 (jar) |
vso 11 | | 6th [day] [_] 1 (jar) |
vso 12 | | [///]th day [_] 1 (jar) Vs
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty |
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-332 BCE -30 BCE |
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Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100536 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
45734 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100536 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23663), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
