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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 15528 |
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 |
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 Type | papyrus |
Color | papyrus, dark |
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 189 mm | 77 mm | mm |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | The upper as well as the lower part are broken off in undetermined extent. Several small holes along the foldings. |
Mounting | framed under glass |
Comments on Object | Palimpsest. On the recto as well as on the verso traces of an anterior text. |
Localization of Text on Object | verso/recto | |
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel | |
Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | Upper and lower part broken off in undetermined extent. | |
Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige, jedoch relativ deutliche 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 (preserved) sheet, without lateral margins. Verso: The text covers nearly the entire (preserved) sheet, without lateral margins, but with a broad upper margin. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | x+14+y | 11+y |
Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
Line Lenght (in mm) | 65 | 65 |
Column Height (in mm) | 180 | 165+y |
Height of Line / Letter | ||
Line Distance | 65 x x+180+y | 65 x 165+y |
Modern Title | letter with request of barley due to upcoming food shortage |
Ancient Archives | private archive |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Letter with a request to send barley from a certain domain, because of upcoming food shortage at the resting place of the sender. |
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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RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early) | -332 BCE -222 BCE | Dating by palaeography.; |
DatasetID | 100544 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos | 46509 |
Author | Jan Moje |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100544 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15528), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |