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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23625 |
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) | 233 mm | 73 mm | mm |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | The upper part is broken off in undetermined extent. Lateral edges frayed, two larger holes in the sheet. Lower edge damaged. |
Mounting | framed under glass |
Restoration Activities | Restaurierung abgeschlossen |
Comments on Object | Palimpsest. On recto traces of an anterior text. |
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 broken off in small extent only. Line beginnings and endings slightly damaged. Partly faded. | |
Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige, doch relativ deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
Comments on Text Layout | Medium line pitch. Recto: The text covers the entire (preserved) sheet, without margins. Verso: The text was placed onto the upper third of the sheet, without lateral margins. The lower two-thirds remain uninscribed. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | x+20 | x+6 |
Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
Line Lenght (in mm) | 70 | 70 |
Column Height (in mm) | 220 | x+65 |
Height of Line / Letter | ||
Line Distance | 70 x x+220 | 70 x x+65 |
Modern Title | letter mentioning information about a revolt on Elephantine |
Ancient Archives | unclear |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Letter mentioning that two men (Parates and Nepherpres) should have come the the sender but returned due to (incorrect?) information on a revolt on Elephantine. |
Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st 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 |
10880 | man | Nepherpres (P. 23625) | NꜢ-nfr-ỉb-RꜤ | pre-Coptic Egyptian | ||
10875 | man | Parates (P. 23625) | Pa-rṱ | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Ptolemaic dynasty | 18 | Mecheir | 29 | -332 BCE -30 BCE | ; |
DatasetID | 100588 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos | 46615 |
Author | Jan Moje |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100588 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23625), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |