Pap. Berlin P. 23093

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 23093
Current Location	magazine \| papyrus depository
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status	unpublished

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty:
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors) Certainty:
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	partage
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors) Certainty:
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Borchardt, Ludwig Certainty:

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The papyrus is preserved in five fragments without direct joins. Their positioning relative to each other is unclear. All margins are damaged.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto
Inks and Pigments	type unclear polychrome black and red
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	The text is damaged in form of holes and breaks and is rubbed off. Only a few signs are preserved.
Script, Primary	"Späthieratische Buchschrift"
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian, Late
Comments on Handwriting	small compact signs, few ligatures
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	Frg. a: x+3+y Frg. b: x+5+y Frg. c: x+2+y Frg. d: x+4+y Frd. e: x+1+y

Text Content

Modern Title	medical text: prescriptions
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	scientific \| medicine
Summary of Content	The text contains a medical text: Prescriptions are noted and treatment instructions are given. ḏrw.w “flank“, šfj “to swell“ or šf.wt “swelling“ and sẖnk (=sẖꜣk) “to squeeze out“ are mentioned.

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

Frg. a

x+1	shꜣı͗
x+2	ḏrw.w
x+3
x+4

Frg. b

x+1
x+2	ḏs
x+3	ṯꜣı͗ ḥr
x+4	m sẖnk m
x+5	n.w ¹The determinative Gardiner Sign G38 is preserved. snṯr
x+6	k.t n ḏrw.w
x+7

¹ The determinative Gardiner Sign G38 is preserved.

Frg. c

x+1	mj ¹The following ink traces are red.
x+2	n ẖn

¹ The following ink traces are red.

Frg. d

x+1	¹The determinatives Gardiner Sign M2 and plural strokes are preserved.šps.j(w) n.w
x+2	²The determinatives Gardiner Sign Aa2 and plural strokes are preserved. pw ḥnꜥ
x+3	nn
x+4

¹ The determinatives Gardiner Sign M2 and plural strokes are preserved.
² The determinatives Gardiner Sign Aa2 and plural strokes are preserved.

Frg. e

x+1
x+2	šf.wt
x+3

Frg. a

x+1	[///] make fall [///]
x+2	[///] flank [///]
x+3	[///]
x+4	[///]

Frg. b

x+1	[///]
x+2	[///] self [///]
x+3	[///] take [///]
x+4	[///] squeeze [///]
x+5	[///] incense [///]
x+6	[///] Another (prescription) for the flank [///]
x+7	[///]

Frg. c

x+1	[///]
x+2	[///] of [///]

Frg. d

x+1	[///] precious [///]-plants of [///]
x+2	[///] together with [///] is it. [///]
x+3	[///] There is no/ not [///]
x+4	[///]

Frg. e

x+1	[///]
x+2	[///] swelling [///]
x+3	[///]

P_23093a-e_R

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P_23093a-e_V_(9)

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Places (read out from edition)

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty)					paleopgraphy (According to: Burkard/ Fischer-Elfert, VOHD 19,4 (1994), 224);

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P_23093a-e_R

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P_23093a-e_V_(9)

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Literature

Burkard, Günter & Fischer-Elfert, Hans-Werner, Verzeichnis der orientalischen Handschriften in Deutschland: Ägyptische Handschriften (1994). (224-225, no. 334)

DatasetID	100742
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 100742 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23093), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Matthias Müller; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.