Pap. Berlin P. 23664

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Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 23664
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, dark
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	92 mm \| 99 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The lower part is broken off in undetermined extent. Left edge damaged.
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)	Lower part broken off in undetermined extent. Damages to the endings of the preserved lines.
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	Wide line pitch. Recto: Right-alighed text with medium right and broad upper margin. Verso: One line only (address), placed onto the very lower part of the sheet.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	3+y	1
Quantity of Columns	1	0
Line Lenght (in mm)	85	0
Column Height (in mm)	40	0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	85 y 40+y	0

Modern Title	letter on delivery and payment of wine(?)
Ancient Archives	administrative archive of unclear context
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Payris, son of Espmetis
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| vertical format
Summary of Content	Letter of Payris, son of Espmetis, to Osoroeris, presumably on delivery and payment(?) of wine. The same addressee is mentioned on Pap. Berlin P. 23574.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Transcription

Translation

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1	ḫrw Pa-ḥr sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr m-bꜣḥ wṯs-Rꜥ
2	Wsı͗r-wr pꜣ ḥm-nṯr ı͗ ḏı͗ Prꜥ qy pꜣy=f ꜥḥꜥ
3	mn ⸢ḥt ḥr ḏı͗ nꜣ ı͗rp. w⸣ ṯꜣy
4ff.

vso 1

ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr wṯs-Rꜥ Wsı͗r-wr

1	Voice of Payris, son of Espmetis, before the carrier-of-Ra
2	Osoroeris, the priest. [_] Oh may Pre cause his lifetime to be long!
3	There was no payment(?) regarding the delivery of the wine ..?.. [///]
4ff.	[///]
vso 1	To the carrier-of-Ra Osoroeris.

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Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
10485	man	Osoroeris carrier-of-Ra (P. 23574, 23664)	Wsỉr-wr	pre-Coptic Egyptian

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaic dynasty				-332 BCE -30 BCE	;

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DatasetID	100606
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	46645
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100606 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23664), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.