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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23553 |
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 9 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) | 152 mm | 73 mm | mm |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | On the right side three large holes. Formerly folded horizontally. |
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) | On the right side three large holes with substantial losses of line beginnings. | |
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: The text covers nearly the entire sheet, with small lateral and lower margins, and a broader upper one. Verso: The text was placed onto the lower fourth of the sheet. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | 14 | 1 |
Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
Line Lenght (in mm) | 65 | 0 |
Column Height (in mm) | 130 | 0 |
Height of Line / Letter | ||
Line Distance | 65 x 130 | 0 |
Modern Title | letter to the priest of Chnoum of unclear content |
Ancient Archives | Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Letter of Haryotes, son of Pachnumis, to the priest of Chnoum, Bienchis, of unclear content due to the fragmentary condition. The same addressee can be found on Pap. Berlin P. 23562. |
Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism | Monolingual Trilingual Script = Language |
Gender | Man |
Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Transcription | Translation | Pictures |
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Places (read out from edition) |
ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
10450 | man | Bienchis (P.23553, 23562) | By-Ꜥnḫ | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Ptolemaic dynasty | Mesore | 18 | -332 BCE -30 BCE | ; |
DatasetID | 100616 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos | 46825 |
Author | Jan Moje |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100616 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23553), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |