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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23673 |
| 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 |
| Date of Discovery Term. Ante / Post Quem Non |
between 9 11 1907 and 10 11 1907 |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) | Zucker, Friedrich (excavation director) 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 1907 and 1907 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
| Object Type | papyrus |
| Color | papyrus, light |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 41 mm | 92 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The left part is broken off in undetermined extent. Lower edge damaged. Several horizontal and vertical breaks along the foldings with 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) | Line endings lost in undetermined extent. Some holes wiht minor text losses. | |
| Script, Primary | Early to Middle Demotic | |
| Language, Primary | Early Demotic - Ptolemaic Demotic | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "Kleine, sorgfältige früh- bis mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | Wide line pitch. Recto: Right aligned text with medium right and upper margins. Verso: The text is placed onto the upper half of the sheet. The lower half remains uninscribed except for the address line placed centerd onto the lower third. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 4 | 2+1 |
| Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) | 85 | 80+y |
| Column Height (in mm) | 35 | 15 |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Line Distance | 85+y x 35 | 80+y x 15 |
| Modern Title | letter of unclear content |
| Ancient Archives | unclear |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Letter of Espmetsepsis, son of Teos. The details are not clear due to the fragmentary condition. The letter was written by [///], son of Espmetis. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Man |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
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| Places (read out from edition) |
| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 400 | man | Espmetsepsis, son of Teos | Ns-pꜢ-mtr-šps sꜢ Ḏd-ḥr | 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_23673_R-vorlaeufig |
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| CC-BY-NC-SA |
| DatasetID | 100608 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos | 46647 |
| Author | Jan Moje |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 100608 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23673), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
