Pap. Berlin P. 23599
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 23599 |
| 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 15 12 1906 and 15 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
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Color |
papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
107 mm | 52 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
On the lower edge is preserved, all other sides are broken off in untetermined extent. Several vertically stringed holes in the sheet, fom the original sealing. |
| 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) |
Line beginnings and endings as well as upper part broken off in undetermined extent. Several holes with minor text losses. |
| Script, Primary |
Early to Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Early Demotic - Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Kleine, flüchtige früh- bis mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Wide line pitch.
Recto:
Text with small lower margin.
Verso:
Text with small upper and broad lower margin. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
x+9 |
8 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
55 |
x+55+y |
| Column Height (in mm) |
95 |
x+7,5 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
x+55+y x x+95 |
x+55+y x x+75 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
letter of unclear content, mentioning lesonis and chief of temple |
| Ancient Archives |
Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | letter | horizontal format
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| Summary of Content |
Letter of unclear content due the the fragmentrary condition. Mention of lesonis priest and chief of the temple. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
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 - Early Ptolemaic dynasty |
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-664 BCE -222 BCE |
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Pictures
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Literature
| DatasetID |
100570 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
46590 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100570 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23599), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
