Pap. Berlin P. 23668

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 23668
Current Location	magazine
Comments on Inventory	joining: Pap. Berlin P. 15622 + Pap. Berlin P. 23668
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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
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

Object Type	papyrus
Color	papyrus, light
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	35 mm \| 90 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The right three-fourth of the upper part are broken off in the height of two foldings, The remaining left part is Pap. Berlin P. 23688. Several breaks along the horizontal foldings.
Mounting	together in 1 glass frame
Restoration Activities	Restaurierung abgeschlossen

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)	The first three-fourth of the first lines lost on P. 15622, rest of these lines is P. 23668.
Script, Primary	Middle Demotic
Language, Primary	Ptolemaic Demotic
Comments on Handwriting	Geübte und relativ deutliche mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Comments on Text Layout	Wide line pitch. The text covers nearly the entire sheet, with small lateral and lower margins, and a broader upper margin at a height of about 1 line.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7	1
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Line Lenght (in mm)	335	45
Column Height (in mm)	65	10
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance	335 x 65	45 x 10

Text Content

Modern Title	letter requesting the sending of craftsmen to Philae
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Pachnoumis, son of Horos (Lesonis-Priester der Isis von Philae)
Text Types	documentary \| letter \| horizontal format
Summary of Content	Letter of Pachnumis, son of Horos (lesonis of Isis of Philae), with an request on sending craftsmen to Philae and posisbly a palm sapling.
Location of Composition	Philae Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: medium)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	ı͗w=w r šm ı͗.ı͗r ꜣs.t n ḥsb.t 7 ı͗bd 1 pr.t sw
2	dy r ḏı͗.t ı͗w=f r-ꜥ.wy=f my
3	ḥn=w s ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr pꜣ mr-šn (r-)dbꜣ Ḏḥwtı͗-mꜣꜥ sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Bꜣst.t pꜣ ḥm-ḥtt ı͗rm pꜣ ky ḥm nty ı͗rm=f r ḏı͗.t ı͗w=w r-ḥry mtw=w ı͗r tꜣ wp(.t) nty-ı͗w=w wḫꜣ=s n hrw 5 mtw=w ḥn=s (r-)dbꜣ Pa-I͗mn
4	pꜣ (r.)qd r ḏı͗.t ı͗w=f r-ḥry r ḏı͗.t wꜥb pꜣ šnꜥ ḏd n=y Ḥr-sꜣ-ꜣs.t sꜣ Pa-ḥe pꜣy ı͗rı͗-ꜥꜣ ṯꜣy=y wꜥ ṯk? ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr pꜣ mr-šn ꜥnḫ ꜣs.t bw-ı͗r-rḫ=y s (r-)dbꜣ.ṱ=f bn-pw=w ḏd n=y md(.t) mtw=s
5	m-sꜣ ḫrw pꜣy ı͗ry-ꜥꜣ wn-nꜣ.w ḏd=y s n Pa-Ḥr sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-ꜥnqy pꜣ ꜥ(ꜣ) n 1000 (r-)dbꜣ ḏı͗.t ı͗w=f ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr=k (r-)dbꜣ rdm(.t) ẖr-b 1 ı͗w=w wḫꜣ=(s) ḏı͗ mtw=w ḏı͗.t n=f tꜣy=f šb(.t) ı͗.ı͗r rdm(.t) pḥ
6	ı͗w=f ḫpr ı͗w=w r ḏı͗.t n=f pꜣ ẖr-b rdm(.t) r.ı͗w=y ḏı͗.t ı͗w=f ı͗.ı͗r-ḥr pꜣ mr-šn n pꜣ-hrw ı͗w=f ḫpr ı͗w wn md(.t) ı͗w=w wḫꜣ=s dy my ḥn=w s mtw=w hb n=y n.ı͗m=s sẖ Pa-H̱nm sꜣ Ḥr

vso 1

n ḥsb.t 7 ı͗bd 1 pr.t sw 8

1	[///] They will go to Isis in the 7th regnal year, [///]of Tybi.
2	[///] here, to cause him his expense. May
3	it be ordered by the lesonis concerning Thotomous, son of Petobastis, the sail maker ¹Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54 for the reating variant „mast(?) maker“., and concerning the other craftsman being with him to cause them to come up. Moreover, the required work shall be made within 5 days. And it should be ordered concerning Pamounis,
4	the master builder, to cause him to come up for cleaning the magazine. Thus has Harsiesis, son of Paes, this pastophor, spoken to me: ‘I have brought a letter to the lesonis.’ By Isis! I do not know anything about him. Nothing was said to me concerning this
5	except for the statement of this pastophor. I have spoken to Payris, son of Petanoukis, the “great-of-the thousands” ²The tempus according to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54., to cause him to come to you because of a palm tiller(?) required here. His replacement should be given to him, as soon as (the) palm tree arrives.
6	When the palm tiller(?) will be given to him, I will send him ³i. e. Payris. to the lesonis on the very same time. If it happens that here is something which one will desire: One may order to send to me concerning it! Written by Pachnoumis, son of Horos,
vso 1	in the 7th regnal year, 8th of Tybi.

¹ Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54 for the reating variant „mast(?) maker“.
² The tempus according to Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 54.
³ i. e. Payris.

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
1055	man	Harsiesis, son of Paes	Ḥr-sꜢ-Ꜣs.t sꜢ Pa-ḥe	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early)	07	Tybi	08	-332 BCE -222 BCE	;

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Literature

den Brinker, Anna Adriana & Muhs, Brian & Vleeming, Sven P., A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents (2005). (16, 54)
Lüddeckens, Erich, Papyri, Demotische, Berlin (1982). (no. F79)
Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Ägyptische Handschriften 2 (1971). (no. 119 (P. 15622) and no. 259 (P. 23668))
Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Papyri von der Insel Elephantine 2 (1993). (no. 15622+23668 )

DatasetID	100761
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	46458
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100761 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23668), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.