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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23666 |
Current Location | magazine |
Comments on Inventory | joining: Pap. Berlin P. 15645 + Pap. Berlin P. 15649 + Pap. Berlin P. 23666; registered as existing during revision (1958) |
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 |
Finder (= First Purchaser) | Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors) 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 1906 and 1908 |
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
Object Type | papyrus |
Color | papyrus, light |
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 95 mm | 35 mm | mm |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | Consists of three fragments. The left part is broken off in undetermined extent. Several holes in the sheet, especially at the lateral edges. Measurements of Pap. Berlin P. 15645: 45 x 85 mm. Measurements of Pap. Berlin P. 15649: 50 x 85 mm. Measurements of Pap. Berlin P. 23666: 95 x 35 mm. |
Mounting | restorer workshop |
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 broken off in undetermined extent. Minor text damages at he lateral parts. | |
Script, Primary | Early to Middle Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Early Demotic - Ptolemaic Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | "Geübte, sorgfältige früh- bis mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | 7 | 1 |
Quantity of Columns | 1 | 0 |
Line Lenght (in mm) | 125 | 0 |
Column Height (in mm) | 70 | 0 |
Height of Line / Letter | ||
Line Distance | 125 x 70 (P. 15645: 85 x 30) | 0 |
Modern Title | fragmentary letter answering a previous conrespondence |
Ancient Archives | private archive |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Letter of Espnebonchis, son of Espneti-hetnetjer, with an answer on a previous letter of the addressee. Too fragmentary for detailled context. |
Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism | Monolingual 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 |
115 | (unknown) | (Currently unknown) | (Currently unknown) | (not identified) |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Ptolemaic Dynasty (late) | -180 BCE -30 BCE | ; |
DatasetID | 100756 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos | 46531 |
Author | Jan Moje |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100756 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23666), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |