Palm. Berlin P. 23701 b
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Palm. Berlin P. 23701 b |
| Current Location |
magazine |
| Publication Permission Status |
permission for publication assigned |
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 |
Date of Discovery
Term. Ante / Post Quem Non |
between 12 2 1906 and 12 2 1906 |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
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 |
partage |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1906 and 1906 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
(not relevant)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
palm branch |
| Color |
papyrus, dark |
| Size (Height | Width | Thickness) |
7 mm | 55 mm | mm |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
The lateral parts as well as the lower part are broken off. |
| Mounting |
framed under glass |
| Restoration Activities |
Restaurierung abgeschlossen |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
convex (outside) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Lower part of line broken off. |
| Script, Primary |
Middle Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Ptolemaic Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
"Sorgfältige mitteldemotische Schrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2) |
| Comments on Text Layout |
Due to the remote preservation the placement of the text on the branch cannot be reconstructed. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
1 |
0 |
| Quantity of Columns |
1 |
0 |
| Line Lenght (in mm) |
40 |
0 |
| Column Height (in mm) |
5 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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| Line Distance |
40 x 5 |
0 |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
oracle equipment |
| Ancient Archives |
Chnoum temple archives | cultic archive |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- documentary | note
- religious | polytheistic Egyptian | divination
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| Summary of Content |
Oracular answer. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | No 8: This is standing for Horus.
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People mentioned in Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty |
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-332 BCE -30 BCE |
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Pictures
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Literature
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Moje, Jan, Die Demotica aus Elephantine – ein genereller Überblick mit Fokus auf den Beständen des Ägyptischen Museums Berlin. ()
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Quack, Joachim Friedrich, A black cat from the right, and a scarab on your head: New sources for Ancient Egyptian divination (2006). (183 - 184)
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Szpakowska, Kasia, Through a glass darkly : magic, dreams and prophecy in ancient Egypt (2006). (183-184)
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Zauzich, Karl-Theodor, Ägyptische Handschriften 2 (1971). (no. 328)
| DatasetID |
300008 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
50138 |
| Author |
Jan Moje |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 300008 (= Palm. Berlin P. 23701 b), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje. |
