Pap. Berlin P. 13505

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13505
Publication Number	P.Eleph. 23
Current Location	magazine \| papyrus depository
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
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: high
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)	Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director) Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Dating	between -222 and
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	Surface abraded
Comments on Object	double document

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	parallel (recto)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
State of Preservation (Text)	surface abraded
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, ptolemaic cursive
Comments on Text Layout	3 lines scriptura interior, 17 lines scriptura exterior
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	20
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	oath
Ancient Archives	praktor archive \| Milon
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary documentary \| oath
Summary of Content	Royal oath of a Paniskos, son of Potamon, that certain land belongs to him.
Location of Composition	Edfou / Apollonpolis magna Upper Egypt, 2nd nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	ok Psintaes: the younger or the elder???
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Syncretism
Comment on Religion	royal oath by Isis, Sarapis and the reigning Ptolemies and their ancestors

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

1	(ἔτους) κε Μεσορὴ ὅρκ̣ος (?) -ca.?-
2	ἐν Π̣ε̣κ̣τλαρης ἐν Τσενενη Μείλωνι τῶι παρʼ Εὐφ̣ρονίου πράκτορι
3	ἱερῶν παρὰ Πανίσκου τοῦ Ποτάμωνος Πέρσου τῆς ἐπιγονῆς.
4	βασιλεύοντος Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Πτολεμαίου καὶ
5	Ἁρσινόης θεῶν Ἀδελφῶν (ἔτους) κε Μεσορὴ ιζ ἐν Ἀπόλλω-
6	νος πόλε̣ι τῆι μεγάληι Μείλωνι τῶι παρʼ Εὐφρονίου
7	πράκτορι ἱερῶν παρὰ Πανίσκου τοῦ Ποτάμωνος
8	Πέρσου τῆς ἐπι̣γ̣ο̣ν̣ῆ̣ς̣. ὀ̣μ̣ν̣ύ̣ω̣ βασιλέα Πτολεμαῖον
9	τὸν ἐγ ¹ l. ἐκ βασιλέως Πτολεμαίου καὶ Ἀρσινόης θεῶν
10	Ἀδελφῶν καὶ βασίλισσαν Βερενίκην τὴν τοῦ βασιλέως
11	ἀδελφὴν καὶ γυναῖκα καὶ θεοὺς Ἀδελφοὺς καὶ θεοὺς Σωτῆ-
12	ρας τοὺς τούτω̣ν γονεῖς καὶ τὴν Ἶσιν καὶ τὸν Σαρᾶπιν
13	καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους θεοὺς πάντας καὶ πάσας· ἦ μὴν τὴν
14	γῆν τῆν ἐν Τμουνε̣τὸλ (ἀρούρας) β ἐν Πετλαρης
15	ἐν Τσενενη τοῦ Ἀπολλωνοπολίτου̣, ἣν προκη-
16	ρύσσεις ὡς οὖσαν Ψεντεῆτος τοῦ Ἐσθφήνιος, μὴ εἶναι
17	αὐτοῦ ἀ̣λ̣λ̣ʼ ἡ̣μετέρα̣ν κα̣ὶ ἔχ̣ε̣ι̣ν̣ με ταύτης προσβολὴν
18	καὶ καταβολήν, ἃ καὶ ἐπιδέδειχά σοι. εὐορκοῦντι
19	μέμ ² l. μέν μοι εὖ εἴη, ἐφιορκοῦντι δὲ ἔνοχον̣ εἶναι τῆι
20	ἀσεβείαι τ̣οῦ ὅρκου.

¹ l. ἐκ
² l. μέν

1	Year 25, Mesore. Oath ---
2	in Petlare, in Tsenane, to Milon, the agent of Euphronios, praktor
3	of the temple, from Paniskos, son of Potamon, Persian of the epigone.
4	In the reign of Ptolemy, son of Ptolemy and
5	Arsinoe, the gods Adelphoi, in year 25, Mesore 17, in Apollonos
6	polis magna, to Milon, the agent of Euphronios,
7	praktor of the temple, from Paniskos, son of Potamon,
8	Persian of the epigone. I swear by the king Ptolemy
9	son of king Ptolemy and Arsinoe, the
10	gods Adelphoi, and queen Berenike, the sister of the king
11	and his wife, and the gods Adelphoi and the gods Soteres,
12	their parents, and by Isis and Sarapis
13	and by all the other gods and godesses:
14	that the land in Tmounetol, 2 arouras, in Petlare
15	in Tsenane of the Apollonopolites, which you proclaim publicly
16	as belonging to Psentaes, son of Estphenis, does not belong
17	to him, but to us, and that I have the (document of) assignation
18	and the (document of ) down payment, which I have proven to you. If my oath is true,
19	may it be well with me, but if my oath is false, I may be liable
20	to the curse of the oath.

Places (read out from edition)

Π̣ε̣κ̣τλαρης (places.xml#173)

Τσενενη (places.xml#174)

Ἀπόλλω- νος πόλε̣ι τῆι μεγάληι (places.xml#29)

Τμουνε̣τὸλ (places.xml#178)

Πετλαρης (places.xml#173)

Τσενενη (places.xml#174)

Ἀπολλωνοπολίτου̣ (places.xml#56)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4037	man	Euphronios praktor	Ꜣwprnys = Εὐφρόνιος	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios III Euergetes	25	Mesore	17	-222 September 29 BCE	date in text;

Literature

DatasetID	307142
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03738
Trismegistos	5855
Papyri.info	ddbdp/p.eleph;;23
Author	Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer, berlpap-team
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 307142 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13505), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer, berlpap-team.