Pap. Berlin P. 23565
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 23565 |
| 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 |
Date of Discovery
Term. Ante / Post Quem Non |
between 11 1 1907 and 11 1 1907 |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Rubensohn, Otto (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
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Color |
papyrus, dark |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
64 mm | 103 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The right part is broken off in undetermined extent. 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) |
Right and left parts broken off in undetermined extent, the latter in small extent only. |
| Script, Primary |
Early Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Early Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Kleine, flüchtige, frühdemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Narrow line pitch.
Recto: With small upper and lower margins.
Verso: Address line only, placed centered onto the lower half of the sheet. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
5 |
1 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
100 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
50 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
x+100+y x 50 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
letter concerning anointing oil |
| Ancient Archives |
private archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | letter | horizontal format
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| Summary of Content |
Letter to Psammetichos-em-aui-Neith, son of Espmetis, concerning anointing oil. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
- Activity of woman: unclear context
- Identifier of woman: daughter of a man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty) |
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-664 BCE -30 BCE |
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Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100556 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
46569 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100556 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23565), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
