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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23642 |
| 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) | 104 mm | 63 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The upper, right and possibly also the lower part are broken off in undetermined extent. Several minor holes. |
| 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 lost in undetermined extent, likewise all line beginnings. | |
| Script, Primary | Early to Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Early Demotic - Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige früh- 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 (preserved) sheet, with unequal left margin, line length varying. Verso: The right-aligned text was placed onto the upper two-thirds of the sheet, with small right and medium upper margin.The lower one-third remains uninscribed. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | x+9 | 3 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 60 | 95+y |
| Column Height (in mm) | 100 | 30 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | x+60 x x+100 | 95+y x 30 |
| Modern Title | letter possibly concerning work at a hull |
| Ancient Archives | unclear |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Letter possibly concerning work at a hull. According to Zauzich the Verso seems to be the answer of the addressees, Paouheri and Espmetis. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 10940 | man | Espmetis (P. 23642) | Ns-pꜢ-mtr | pre-Coptic Egyptian | ||
| 10935 | man | Paouheri | Pa-whry | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Late period - Early Ptolemaic dynasty | -664 BCE -222 BCE | ; |
| P_23642_R-vorlaeufig |
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| P_23642_V-vorlaeufig |
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| CC-BY-NC-SA |
| DatasetID | 100601 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46632 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100601 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23642), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
