Pap. Berlin P. 23116

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 23116
Publication Number	TAD D.1.30
Comments on Inventory	Found in West Berlin Collection between 1960-1988.
Publication Permission Status	no permission for publication necessary
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]

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	50 mm \| 55 mm \| mm
Range of Preservation	incomplete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto/verso
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4	1
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Papyrus Fragment. Letter.
Text Types	documentary \| letter
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )

Text

Transcription

Translation

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¹TAD: Recto: 1. [...]◦◦[ ]◦◦◦[ ...]◦[...] 2. [...]◦◦א בק{פ|ו}ס ב𐡛◦[...]◦ ומחי{נ|כ}[...] 3. [...]◦ שטי 𐡘 {ד|ר}מס[...]זנא כל ◦[...] 4. [...]◦ שאל עליהו[...]◦נ איכ ת[...] Verso: 1. [...]ואלהא שזבנ

1
2	א בק פ ו ס ב 10 ת ומחיכ
3	שטי 1 ד ר מסקזנא כל
4	א י שאל עלי הוהמ איכ ת R
1	ואלהא שזבנ

¹ TAD: Recto: 1. [...]◦◦[ ]◦◦◦[ ...]◦[...] 2. [...]◦◦א בק{פ|ו}ס ב𐡛◦[...]◦ ומחי{נ|כ}[...] 3. [...]◦ שטי 𐡘 {ד|ר}מס[...]זנא כל ◦[...] 4. [...]◦ שאל עליהו[...]◦נ איכ ת[...] Verso: 1. [...]ואלהא שזבנ

1	[...]...[...]
2	[...] the [...] in a basket, in 10 [...]t and he struck you[...]
3	[...]? one ŠṬY (of) Damas[cus (?)...]this, all ?[...]¹For the meaning of ŠṬY see Porten, "Aramaic Papyrus Fragments in the Egyptian Museum of West Berlin," 18.
4	[...]{the\|my (?)}. He asked me, “wa[s he (?)...]M how” t[…] V
vso 1	[... ]and the god rescued us.

¹ For the meaning of ŠṬY see Porten, "Aramaic Papyrus Fragments in the Egyptian Museum of West Berlin," 18.

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Places (read out from edition)

מס (places.xml#167)

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				-525 BCE -399 BCE	;

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Literature

DatasetID	100786
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 100786 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23116), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Verena Lepper.