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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23211 |
Current Location | magazine | papyrus depository |
Comments on Inventory | The papyrus is distributed on five glass plates. |
Publication Permission Status | permission for publication upon enquiry only |
Publication Status | unpublished |
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 20 10 1907 and 20 10 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 |
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | Zucker, Friedrich (excavation director) Certainty: high |
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) | Borchardt, Ludwig Certainty: high |
Object Type | papyrus |
Color | papyrus, dark |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | 96 fragments without direct joins are collected under this inventory number. The damage of these fragments is severe due to the holes in the papyrus. |
Comments on Object | The fragments are probably from different papyri. |
Localization of Text on Object | recto/verso | |
Text-Localization, Addendum | Mostly the verso of the fragments is inscribed. | |
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel and perpendicular | |
Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | The fragments contain different texts. The darkness of the papyrus makes it difficult to read. Signs are partly rubbed off. | |
Script, Primary | Old Hieratic | |
Language, Primary | Old Egyptian | |
Comments on Handwriting | different scribal hands | |
Comments on Text Layout | The text on one fragment (Pl. 1. vs.) shows the typical structure of a list with checked off notes. A black line that separates two columns from each other is on a further fragment (Pl. 5, rt.). | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | min. x+1+y; max. x+7+y | min. x+7+y; max. x+7+y |
Quantity of Columns | min. x+1+y; max. x+3+y | min. x+1+y; max. x+3+y |
Height of Line / Letter |
Modern Title | Different types of texts (fragments of a larger archive) |
Ancient Archives | private archive | family archive of nomarchs |
Ancient Author of Text | (Unknown) |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | It is not possible to make a definite statement about the exact content of the fragments due to its fragmentary state. The layout and the comparison with other texts from this archive point out that there are different text types. |
Location of Composition | unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Transcription | Translation | Pictures |
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Places (read out from edition) |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
06th dynasty | -2347 BCE -2170 BCE | paleography; the mention of Old Kingdom royal names (Merenre, Pepi II.) on other fragments from this archive; Sneferu (4th dynasty) and Sekhemkare (8th dynasty) are also mentioned; |
DatasetID | 100736 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Author | Martina Grünhagen; Matthias Müller; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100736 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23211), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Matthias Müller; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |