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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23601 |
| 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) | 208 mm | 101 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | complete |
| State of Preservation | The left edge is frayed with some larger holes. |
| Mounting | framed under glass |
| Restoration Activities | Restaurierung abgeschlossen |
| Comments on Object | Palimpsest. On recto and verso traces of an anterior text, on the latter more distinct. |
| 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) | complete | |
| State of Preservation (Text) | Line endings lost in upper part. Line on verso partial damaged. | |
| Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Relativ deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Medium line pitch. Recto: The text was placed onto the upper two-thirds of the sheet, with very small lateral margins and a broad upper one in the height of approximately two lines. Firdst line with slightly larger distance to the right edge. The lower one-third remains uninscribed. Verso: One address line only, placed onto toe lower part of the sheet. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 9 | 1 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 90 | 0 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 120 | 0 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 90 x 120 | 0 |
| Modern Title | letter informing on birth-giving in the house of the grandfather |
| Ancient Archives | private archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Letter of Chnoummachis, son of Espmetis, to Eschnompmetis, as an answer on foregoing correspondence, informing that a woman will give birth in the house of her father. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Trilingual |
| Comment on Gender | - Activity of woman: giving birth in house of father - Identifier of woman: none (only mentioned as "woman") |
| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 9890 | man | Eschnoumpmetis, son of Snebonychos (carrier of Ra, Vorsteher der heiligen Binden) alle zusammenfügen. cf. 8066, wohl nicht derselbe! | Ns-H̱nm-pꜢ-mtr sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-nb-ꜥnḫ | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty | 01 | Choiak | 27 | -332 BCE -30 BCE | ; |
| P_23601_R |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| P_23601_V |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| DatasetID | 100572 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46592 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100572 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23601), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
