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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23579 |
| 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, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 47 mm | 73 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The lower part as well as the right part are broken off in undetermined extent. Some minor holes at line 2 from the original sealing. |
| 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) | Lower part and all line beginnings broken off in undetermined extent. Partial damage of line 2 by holes from the original sealing. | |
| Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Narrow line pitch. Text with broad upper margin. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 3+y | 1 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 70 | 0 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 30 | 0 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | x+70 x 30+y | 0 |
| Modern Title | letter from which only the beginning is preserved |
| Ancient Archives | private archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
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| Summary of Content | Beginning of a letter of [///], son of Esyris, to his superior, Skylax, son of Eschnompmetis. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
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| Places (read out from edition) |
| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 2765 | man | Skylax, son of Eschnoumpmetis | Sgrgs sꜢ Ns-H̱nm-pꜢ-mtr | Greek, Ancient |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty | -332 BCE -30 BCE | ; |
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| CC-BY-NC-SA |
| P_23579_V |
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| CC-BY-NC-SA |
| DatasetID | 100562 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46577 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100562 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23579), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
