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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23557 |
| 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 10 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) | 222 mm | 102 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The upper part as well as the lower part are broken off in undetermined extent. Some holes near the left edge from the sealing. |
| 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) | Upper and lower part broken off in undetermined extent. Some holes with substantial text losses at the left edge. | |
| Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Geübte, relativ sorgfältige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Medium line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire (preserved) sheet, without lateral margins. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | x+24+y | 23 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 105 | 105 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 225 | 210 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 105 x x+225+y | 105 x 210 |
| Modern Title | letter concerning leases of fields and delivery of wheat |
| Ancient Archives | administrative archive of unclear context |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
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| Summary of Content | Letter with unclear content due the the fragmentary condition. Mention of leases of fields and of delivery of wheat. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
| Comment on Religion | NAME EINTRAGEN: ȝgylws Achilleus (third party person) |
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| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Ptolemaios VIII Euergetes II | 44 | Third Month of ? | -127 September 24 BCE -126 September 23 BCE | internal dating, without name of the ruler; |
| P_23557_R-vorlaeufig |
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| P_23557_V-vorlaeufig |
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| CC-BY-NC-SA |
| DatasetID | 100553 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46564 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100553 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23557), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
