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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23596 |
| 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 25 12 1906 and 25 12 1906 |
| 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 1906 and 1906 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
| Object Type | papyrus |
| Color | papyrus, dark |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 159 mm | 148 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | Consists of two not directly joining fragments. The right part is broken off, all three other edges are partially preserved. |
| 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) | Several holes with text losses. Line beginnings broken off on recto. | |
| Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Gute thebanische mitteldemotische Urkundenschrift. Die Schrift erinnert stark an die Schreiber der Familie des Notars Ḫnsw-tꜢy=f-nḫṱ.t sꜢ Ḥr-sꜢ-Ꜣs.t" (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2). | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Narrow line pitch. Recto: The text covers nearly the entire sheet, with medium margins on all three preserved sides. Two lines placed with small distance below the main text block. Verso: The text was placed onto the lower half of the sheet. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 12+2 | 3 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 150 | 105 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 125 | 20 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | x+150 x 125 | 105 x 20 |
| Modern Title | letter of unclear content |
| Ancient Archives | Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Letter of Osoroeris, son of Spotous, to the priests of Chnoum. The details are not detectable any more due to the fragmentary condition. |
| Location of Composition | Thebes Upper Egypt, 4th nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
| Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||
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| Places (read out from edition) |
| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 85 | man | priests of Chnoum of Elephantine | prỈests of Chnum of ElephantỈne | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic Dynasty (late) | -180 BCE -30 BCE | Dating by palaeography; |
| P_23596_Rv_R_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| P_23596_Rv_V_001 |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| DatasetID | 100569 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46588 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100569 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23596), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
