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Pap. Berlin P. 23684

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 23684
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication assigned

Origin / Provenance

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 5 11 1907 and 5 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

Object Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, light
Size (Height | Width | Thickness)	131 mm | 69 mm | mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The lower part is broken off in undetermined extent. Lateral edges partially damaged. Some holes.
Mounting	framed under glass

Text Basic Information

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. All line beginnings and endings damaged. Some holes with minor text damages.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	"Recto+Adresse (Verso): Geübte und relativ sorgfältige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift. Verso: Etwas kleinere, unregelmäßige mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. Recto: Text with small(?) lateral margins and a medium upper one. Verso: Text placed onto the lower part (no continuation from the recto, turned 18o ° in respect to the recto). The upper part remains uninscribed except for the address line belonging to the text on recto.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	9+y	1+4+y
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	65	60
Column Height (in mm)	110	45+y
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	65 x 110+y	60 x 45+y

 

Text Content

Modern Title	letter beginning with address and formulas
Ancient Archives	private archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Petenephotes, son of Pelaias
Text Types	documentary | letter | vertical format
Summary of Content	First part of a letter of Petenephotes, son of Pelaias, to Pachnoumis with address and greeting formulas. The text on the verso is not related to that one on the verso, according to Zauzich in VOHD XIX,2.
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

Text

 

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
11005	man	Pachnoumis (P. 23684)	Pa-H̱nm	pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaic Dynasty (late)				-180 BCE -30 BCE	;

 

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Literature

• Lüddeckens, Erich, Papyri, Demotische, Berlin (1982). (no. F218)
• Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Ägyptische Handschriften 2 (1971). (no. 311)

 

DatasetID	100611
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	46650
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100611 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23684), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.