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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.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 8 5
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Fragmentary List of Family Names
Text Types
  • documentary | list | name list
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
R
x+1... בר ... יור
x+1 אנתתה נשנ רבה
x+2 אנ ב ת ר תה נשנ רבה
x+3בלה ברתה ח
x+4כל נפש 111 1 בגו יור 1
x+5נשנ רבה 11 ברה 1
23128
R
x+1יור 111 נשנ רבה
x+2יור
x+3ברת פחפי אנתתה נשנ רבה
x+4פ ברה תחת מסתא
x+5ס ברה תחת מסתא
x+6כל נפש 111 1 בגו יור 1 נשנ רבה 1 בננ 11
x+7ט בר פטוסרי יור
x+8ברת חור נשנ רבה
x+9
23129
R
x+1כל נפש # בגו (...)
x+2פחנומ בר יור
x+3תטחרור ברתנשנ רבה
x+4תתפ ברתה
x+5חור ברה
x+620 20 10 תחי ברתה
23131
V
x+1 שקליא
x+2
x+3
23128
V
x+1נס
x+2א אנתתה נשנ רבה
x+3פסחנה בר
x+4̇פטסבק ברה
x+5כל נפש 111 1 בגו יור 1 נשנ רבה 1 בננ 11
23134 + 23132
V
x+1 ת נ ה ברה 1
23131
R
x+1חור בר
x+2 ו פ ברת אנתתה נשנ רבה
x+3כל נפש 11 ב⸢גו יור 1 נשנ רבה 1
23130
R
x+1תחת מסתא
x+2
x+3ל
23132 + 23134
R
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2[] []
3[] []
4[] []
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P_23128_R
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P_23128_V
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P_23129+P_23131_R
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P_23129+P_23131_V
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
3295 Belle בלה Aramaic, Imperial

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
-474 BCE -425 BCE Scholarly deduction. TAD dates the text to the Middle of the 5th Century BCE.;

 

Pictures

P_23128_R
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P_23128_V
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P_23129+P_23131_R
CC-BY-NC-SA
P_23129+P_23131_V
CC-BY-NC-SA
P_23130_R
CC-BY-NC-SA
P_23130_V
CC-BY-NC-SA
P_23132+P_23134_R
CC-BY-NC-SA
P_23132+P_23134_V
CC-BY-NC-SA

 

Literature

 

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.