Pap. Berlin P. 15530

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 15530
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status	published

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, light
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	187 mm \| 51 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The upper part is broken off in indetermined extent. The left edge is slightly damaged.
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)	On recto upper part broken off in undetermined extent. Line endings slightly damaged.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Geübte, stellenweise etwas unsaubere 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, without lateral margins. Verso: The text was placed onto the upper two-thirds of the surface of the potsherd, with very small lateral and upper margins.The lower one-third remains uninscribed.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+15	8
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	45	40
Column Height (in mm)	170	110
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	45 x x+170	40 x 110

Text Content

Modern Title	Letter concerning support of a visiting temple inspector
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Psenyris(?) (P. 15530)
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| vertical format
Summary of Content	Letter of a man whose name is lost containing the request of supporting an inspector visiting the temple of Elephantine, to avoid possible dispute during the visit.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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x+1	Ḥr-sꜣ-ꜣs.t?
x+2	my ḥn=w s m-ı͗r
x+3	ḏı͗.t gmꜥ=w r.r=f
x+4	my tḫb=f
x+5	ı͗rm pꜣy=f ı͗ry my nw=w
x+6	(r-)dbꜣ=f tꜣ nty-ı͗w=w r ı͗r=s n=f
x+7	ı͗w=w (r) ı͗r=s n=y hmy
x+8	r wn-mtw H̱nm ꜥ(ꜣ) n 1000
x+9	s 10 ı͗w=w mtw=k (n) ẖr ꜥn
x+10	ḥ.t-nṯr Yb ı͗rpy
x+11	ꜥꜣ pꜣy m-ı͗r ḏı͗.t ḫpr
x+12	nḏnḏ n rmṯ
x+13	ẖn=f ı͗w=f ḫpr r rwḥ=f
x+14	my wy=w s r.r=f ı͗w=y (r) ḏı͗.t
x+15	pꜣy=f gns

vso 1	bn-pw=y hb ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr
vso 2	pꜣ ḥm-nṯr tpy n md(.t) (n) ky sp
vso 3	ı͗w=f-ḫpr r wn md(.t)
vso 4	dy my ḥn=w s
vso 5	mtw=w hb n=y n.ı͗m=s
vso 6	my ḥn=w s mtw=w ı͗r n=y
vso 7	(r-)ẖ pꜣ bk sẖ Pꜣ-šr-Ḥr(?)
vso 8	n ḥsb.t 2.t ı͗bd 4 šmw sw 12

x+1	Harsiesis(?) [///]
x+2	May it be ordered! Do not let
x+3	him to be harmed!
x+4	May he sprinkle water
x+5	together with his colleague! May one
x+6	look after him! That which will be done to him
x+7	will be done to me(, too). Oh may
x+8	Chnoum have 10 men “greats-of-the-thousands”
x+9	who are also as servants with you!
x+10	The temple of Elephantine
x+11	is a great sanctuary. Do not let
x+12	a conflict of men arise
x+13	in it! If he takes offense,
x+14	he shall be removed from it (scil. the sanctuary)! I will disburse
x+15	his forfeit.
vso 1	I have not sent to
vso 2	the high priest concerning any matter again.
vso 3	If it happens that here is something (which is desired):
vso 4	May it be ordered
vso 5	to send to me concerning it!
vso 6	May it be ordered to act for me
vso 7	in agreement ¹Reading variant Depauw, Dem. Letter 340, according to Vleeming, DBL in A. D. 2007 (2008). Reading variant Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 2 (1993): „a transcript“. with this letter! Written by Psenyris(?)
vso 8	in the 2nd regnal year, 12th of Mesore.

¹ Reading variant Depauw, Dem. Letter 340, according to Vleeming, DBL in A. D. 2007 (2008). Reading variant Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 2 (1993): „a transcript“.

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Places (read out from edition)

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
9655	man	Harsiesis (P. 15530)	Ḥr-sꜢ-Ꜣs.t	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early)	02	Mesore	12	-332 BCE -222 BCE	Dating by content. Dating by palaeography. internal dating, without name of the ruler;

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Literature

DatasetID	100539
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	46455
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100539 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15530), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.