Pap. Berlin P. 23068

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 23068
Current Location	magazine \| papyrus depository
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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	Two fragments without direct joins.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto/verso
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Frg. a: upper portion of two columns: col. x+I: only traces of the end of few lines col. x+II: beginning of the first seven lines Frg. b: middle portion of three lines
Script, Primary	"Späthieratische Buchschrift"
Language, Primary	Late Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting	The texts on the recto and on the verso were written by different scribes. The text on the verso is mostly rubbed off.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	Frg. a: col. x+I: x+6 col. x+II: 7+y Frg. b: x+4+y

Text Content

Modern Title	part of the Horus-and-Seth-myth on the recto and probably an incantation on the verso.
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	religious \| polytheistic Egyptian religious-literary \| unclear religion \| myth
Summary of Content	This object contains a part of the Horus-and-Seth-myth on the recto and probably an incantation on the verso.
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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Frg. a

x+I
1
2	nṯr.w psḏ.t
3
4	n.tj
5	.w mrı͗
6	mt
7
x+II
1	.t Ḥr jrm Stš m pꜣ hrw
2	Pꜣ-Rꜥ jw=f (ḥr) rmı͗(.t) wn.jn Rꜥ
3	jnhm ¹According to: Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 909 with n. d. jw=s jry 12 n dbn n
4	ḏd n=f jḫ pꜣ šd=s n=k m ḏr ḏd=s
5	sp-sn jw=f (ḥr) ḏı͗.t jnı͗=w Nm.tj m pr =f ²According to: Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 909 with n. f. jw=f
6	=w r=f jw=tw jw ³=r
7	n= ⁴According to: Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 908 with n. k. Ḥr ḫpr jw=k rḫ

¹ According to: Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 909 with n. d.
² According to: Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 909 with n. f.
³ =r
⁴ According to: Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 908 with n. k.

Frg. b

x+1	jw=s (ḥr) wḫꜣ
x+2	jw bn jry
x+3	jw=s (ḥr) ꜥš sgb
x+4

Frg. a

vs. x+I
vs. 1	¹Only washep out signs in the upper part.
vs. x+II
vs. 1	ḫrw hmhm
vs. 2	tꜣ ²Gardiner Sign G7 and F18 are the determinatives. Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 911 with n. b suggests ntj or ꜥꜣ.t, but the meaning of the word is unclear.
vs. 3	mꜣḫ (= mꜣẖ) ³According to: Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 912. jb n Ḥr
vs. 4	jmı͗ ḫ.t m jb=s
vs. 5	=f ⁴According to: Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 912 suggests ḥrı͗. mj
vs. 6

¹ Only washep out signs in the upper part.
² Gardiner Sign G7 and F18 are the determinatives. Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 911 with n. b suggests ntj or ꜥꜣ.t, but the meaning of the word is unclear.
³ According to: Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 912.
⁴ According to: Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 912 suggests ḥrı͗.

Frg. b

vs. 1
vs. 2

Frg. a

x+I
1	[///]
2	[///] gods(?)/ Ennead(?)
3	[///]
4	[///]
5	[///] love
6	[///]
7	[///]
x+II
1	Horus together with Seth today. [///]
2	Pre while he wept. Then [///] Re [///]
3	pomegranate while she made 12 deben of [///]
4	said to him: "What is that she told you when [she] said [///]
5	twice (and) he let bring them Nemti from his house while/(and) he [///]
6	they [///] against him [///]. [///]
7	[///] Horus [///] become while you know [///]

Frg. b

x+1	[///] while she sought [///]
x+2	[///] will not made [///]
x+3	[///] she roared [///]
x+4	[///]

x+I

vs. x+I
vs. 1	[///]
vs. x+II
vs. 1	the voice of roar [///]
vs. 2	the [///]
vs. 3	the heart of Horus burned up [///]
vs. 4	Give fire in her(?) heart [///]
vs. 5	he [///]
vs. 6	[///]

Frg. b

vs. 1	[///]
vs. 2	[///]

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Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
26th dynasty				-664 BCE -524 BCE	paleography (According to: Quack, Streit zwischen Horus und Seth, 908);

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Literature

DatasetID	100769
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 100769 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23068), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.