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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23552 |
| 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 9 11 1907 and 9 11 1907 |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) | Zucker, Friedrich (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) | 126 mm | 82 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. Left edge frayed, several holes along the foldings. |
| Mounting | framed under glass |
| Restoration Activities | Restaurierung abgeschlossen |
| 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) | Upper part (recto) resp. lower part (verso) broken off in undetermined extent. Line endings of x+1 - x+3 rto lost. Breaks with minor text damages. On verso partly faded. | |
| Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | Recto - Verso Z.3: "Deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift mit einigen Verschreibungen." Verso Z.4 ff. "Flüchtige Geschäftsschrift einer anderen Hand." (Alles According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Medium line pitch. Recto: The text covers nearly the entire (preserved) sheet, with small and equal right and lower margins. Line length varying. Verso: The text, in different hand, covers nearly the entire (preserved) sheet, with small and equal right and upper margins. Line length varying. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | x+12 | 3+5+y |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 75 | 65 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 115 | 100+y |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 75 x x+115 | 65 x 110+y |
| Modern Title | fragmentary letter of unclear content |
| Ancient Archives | unclear |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Fragmentary letter. Mention of the pharaoh, of the stratgegos and of Nubians. The addressee should present the content of "the letters" to a certain Alexander, possibly the king, according to Zauzich) |
| 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 | -332 BCE -30 BCE | ; |
| P_23552_R |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| P_23552_V |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| DatasetID | 100550 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46561 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100550 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23552), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
