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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23606 |
| 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) | 306 mm | 72 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. On the right side two larger holes, in the middle a continuous vertical break. |
| 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) | Upper part (recto) respectively lower part (verso) broken off in undetermined extent. Some line beginnings lost, text especially on verso faded. | |
| Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Sehr flüchtige, ausfallend große, spitze mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Wide line pitch. Recto: The text covers nearly the entire sheet, without lateral and lower margins. Verso: The text covers nearly the entire sheet, without lateral and upper margins, but with broad lower margin with address line. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | x+21 | 14+1 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 70 | 70 |
| Column Height (in mm) | 300 | 240+y |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 70 x x+300 | 70 x 240+y |
| Modern Title | letter presumably mentioning the killing of Arabs and persons from Luxor(?) |
| Ancient Archives | unclear |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
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| Summary of Content | Letter of Teos, son of Pasenis, presumbaly reporting that someone has ordered Hagarites (Arabs) and persons from Luxor(?) to kill many of them. Mention of the delivery of grain and bread. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Script = Language Monolingual |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
| Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||
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| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 8090 | not applicable | (no further persons mentioned) | (no further persons mentỈoned) | (none) |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty | 03 | Mecheir | -332 BCE -30 BCE | ; |
| P_23606_R |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| P_23606_V |
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| Reserved Copyright |
| DatasetID | 100576 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46596 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100576 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23606), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
