Pap. Berlin P. 23128 (+) 23129 (+) 23130 (+) 23131 (+) 23132 + 23134
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Metadata
Collection
Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 23128 (+) 23129 (+) 23130 (+) 23131 (+) 23132 + 23134 |
Publication Number |
TAD C.3.9 |
Current Location |
magazine | papyrus depository |
Comments on Inventory |
All fragments are glazed on the same glass plate
P. 23923 a-f |
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 |
excavation finds |
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1906 and 1907 |
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
Certainty: high |
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Borchardt, Ludwig
Certainty: high |
Object
Object Type |
papyrus |
Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
115 mm | 83 mm | mm |
Criteria for Dating |
Scholarly deduction |
Rotation |
round vertical axis (side to side) |
Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
State of Preservation |
Eines von insgesamt 6 Fragmente, die vermutlich zusammengehören. Nur zwei, P. 23132 und P. 23134, schließen direkt aneinander an. P. 23128 ist das größte der 6 Fragmente, jedoch stark löchrig und zerfranst. |
Comments on Object |
There are traces of ink on the right (blank) side of the verso . They are evident under infrared. Due to the darkness of the ink on the left side of the verso, it maybe that the right side is a palimpsest. |
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) |
complete |
State of Preservation (Text) |
Die Tinte ist schwach erhalten und schwer lesbar. |
Script, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
Language, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
Comments on Handwriting |
geübter, aufrechter Duktus. |
Comments on Text Layout |
Die 6 zusammengehörigen Fragmente enthalten Reste von 3 oder 4 Kolumnen. P. 23128, an allen Seiten unvollständig, hat Recto Reste 1 Zeile, dann eine Lücke mit nur einem winzigen Pünktchen einer weiteren Zeile, 4 Zeilen, wieder eine Lücke und 2 weitere Zeilen. Verso Reste von 5 Zeilen. |
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recto |
verso |
Quantity of Lines |
8 |
5 |
Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
Modern Title |
Fragmentary List of Family Names |
Text Types |
- documentary | list | name list
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Summary of Content |
List of Egyptian persons according to family units. Either a ration or collection list of "shekels" |
Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Comments on Text |
Regarding the reconstruction of frag. 23132 + 23134, the question remains: could a daugther be a "great lady" or is this title reserved for wives? |
Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
Gender |
Man
Woman
Child |
Comment on Gender |
List of names with genders organized by families: a progenitor (male), a progenitrix (a great lady), and the children. The children appear to be divided by sons, daughters, and those "underage" (?). |
Religion |
unknown |
Comment on Religion |
Written in Aramaic. Contains many Egyptian names and one Syrian name, Bel-e (on fragment 23134+23132 |
Text
Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
23134 + 23132
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x+1 | | ... בר ... יור
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x+1 | |
אנתתה נשנ רבה|
x+2 | |
אנ
ב
ת
ר
תה נשנ
רבה|
x+3 | | בלה ברתה ח|
x+4 | | כל נפש 111 1 בגו
יור 1|
x+5 | | נשנ רבה 11 ברה 1
23128
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x+1 | | יור 111 נשנ רבה|
x+2 | | יור|
x+3 | | ברת
פחפי
אנתתה נשנ רבה|
x+4 | | פ ברה תחת מסתא |
x+5 | | ס ברה תחת מסתא|
x+6 | | כל נפש 111 1 בגו יור
1 נשנ רבה 1 בננ 11|
x+7 | | ט בר פטוסרי יור
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x+8 | | ברת חור נשנ רבה|
x+9 | |
23129
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x+1 | | כל נפש # בגו (...)|
x+2 | | פחנומ בר יור|
x+3 | | תטחרור ברתנשנ רבה|
x+4 | | תתפ ברתה |
x+5 | | חור ברה |
x+6 | | 20 20 10 תחי ברתה
23128
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x+1 | | נס|
x+2 | | א אנתתה נשנ רבה
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x+3 | | פסחנה בר|
x+4 | | ̇פטסבק ברה
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x+5 | | כל נפש 111 1 בגו יור 1 נשנ רבה 1 בננ 11
23131
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x+1 | | חור
בר|
x+2 | |
ו
פ
ברת
אנתתה נשנ רבה|
x+3 | | כל נפש 11 ב⸢גו יור 1 נשנ רבה 1
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23132 + 23134
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Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
3295 |
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Belle |
בלה |
Aramaic, Imperial |
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Dates
RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
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-474 BCE -425 BCE |
Scholarly deduction. TAD dates the text to the Middle of the 5th Century BCE.; |
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Literature
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Moore, James D., New Aramaic Papyri in Berlin. (2.2.1)
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Porten, Bezalel & Yardeni, Ada, Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, 3: Literature, accounts, lists. (C.3.9)
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Porten, Bezalel, Aramaic Papyrus Fragments in the Egyptian Museum of West Berlin (1988). (21-41)
DatasetID |
100798 |
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 100798 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23128 (+) 23129 (+) 23130 (+) 23131 (+) 23132 + 23134), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Verena Lepper. |