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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23693 |
Current Location | magazine |
Comments on Inventory | joining: P. 15647 + P. 23693 "Abschrift u. Deutung von Dr. Erichsen". registered as existing during revision (1958) |
Publication Permission Status | permission for publication assigned |
Publication Status | unpublished |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 19 12 1906 and 19 12 1906 |
Finder (= First Purchaser) | Rubensohn, Otto (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) | 48 mm | 51 mm | mm |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | Consists of two not joining fragments. The upper as well as the lateral parts are broken off. Several minor holes in the Fragment a: 48 x 51 mm; Fragment b: 50 x 53 mm. |
Mounting | framed under glass |
Restoration Activities | Restaurierung abgeschlossen |
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) | Upper part broken off in undetermined extent. Alll line beginnings and endings lost. | |
Script, Primary | Early to Middle Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Early Demotic - Ptolemaic Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | "Flüchtige, kleine früh- bis mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) | |
Comments on Text Layout | Medium line pitch. Recto: The text covers nearly the entire preserved sheet. Verso: The text was placed onto the upper part of the sheet. The lower part remains uninscribed. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | x+9 | 2 (+1?) |
Quantity of Columns | 1 | 1 |
Line Lenght (in mm) | 4555 | x+45+y . x+55+y |
Column Height (in mm) | 6545 | x+65 . x+15+y |
Height of Line / Letter | ||
Line Distance | x+45+y x x+65 . x+55+y x x+45+y | x+45+y x x+20 . x+55+y x x+15+y |
Modern Title | letter possibly concerning outstanding money |
Ancient Archives | administrative archive of unclear context |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Fragmentary letter of a man whose name ist lost, possibly concerning outstanding amounts of money in stater. |
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 |
8060 | not applicable | (No persons mentioned in the [preserved] text) | (No persons mentỈoned Ỉn the [preserved] text) | (none) |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Ptolemaic Dynasty (early - middle) | -332 BCE -180 BCE | ; |
DatasetID | 100765 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos | 46533 |
Author | Jan Moje |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100765 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23693), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |