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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23640 |
| 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) | 53 mm | 57 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The upper as well as the left part is broken off in undetermined extent. Some minor holes and one horizontal 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 and all line endings lost in undetermined extent. | |
| Script, Primary | Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige, relativ deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Wide line pitch. Recto: The right-aligned text covers nearly the entire (preserved) sheet, with small right and lower margins. Verso: The text was placed onto the upper part of the sheet, with small right and medium upper margins. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | x+5 | 2 [+1?] |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 55 | 50+y |
| Column Height (in mm) | 50 | 20 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 55+y x x+50 | 50+y x 20 |
| Modern Title | letter requesting the addressee to travel to Philae |
| Ancient Archives | Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
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| Summary of Content | Letter requesting the addressee to travel to Philae. |
| 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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| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 8060 | not applicable | (No persons mentioned in the [preserved] text) | (No persons mentỈoned Ỉn the [preserved] text) | (none) |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty | Payni | -332 BCE -30 BCE | ; |
| P_23640_R-vorlaeufig |
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| CC-BY-NC-SA |
| P_23640_V-vorlaeufig |
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| CC-BY-NC-SA |
| DatasetID | 100599 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46630 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100599 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23640), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
