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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 23104 |
Publication Number | TAD B.4.1 |
Comments on Inventory | Found in West Berlin Collection between 1960-1988. |
Publication Permission Status | no permission for publication necessary |
Publication Status | published |
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] |
Object Type | papyrus |
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) | 98 mm | 31 mm | mm |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
Comments on Object | Object published with FM #308164. See transcription there. |
Localization of Text on Object | recto | |
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | perpendicular | |
Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | "durch Brüche am rechten Rand stark beeinträchtigt; pro Zeile sind nur 1-3 Buchstaben erhalten." | |
Script, Primary | Aramaic, Imperial | |
Language, Primary | Aramaic, Imperial | |
Comments on Handwriting | "ungelenk wirkender Duktus" | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | 6 | 0 |
Height of Line / Letter |
Modern Title | Fragmentary Receipt of Cancellation of Debt |
Ancient Archives | (Uncertain) |
Ancient Author of Text | Simchi son of Shasher |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Simchi son of Shasher did business with Shelomam son of Galgul. This quitclaim by Simchi for the commodities passed to Shelomam. |
Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: ) |
Comments on Text | Vocabulary is unique. If the reconstruction is correct, the text does not stipulate the condiction of the business transaction. It immediately begins a type of defension clause. This might then be the end of a longer document. Alternatively, this may be a court statement. |
Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
Gender | Man |
Religion | unknown |
Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||||
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RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
-525 BCE -399 BCE | ; |
DatasetID | 100774 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Author | James D. Moore, Verena Lepper |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 100774 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23104), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Verena Lepper. |