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Pap. Berlin P. 13509

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13509
Publication Number	P.Eleph. 28 = WChr 451
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 -223 and
Criteria for Dating	date in text
Range of Preservation	complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	verso
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	perpendicular (verso)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, ptolemaic cursive
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	11
Quantity of Columns	1

Text Content

Modern Title	Official Letter from Mnesachos (Thebarch)
Ancient Archives	praktor archive \| Milon
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Official letter from Mnesarchos to Antipatros and Apollonides concerning the wages of 231 hunters. Payment should be made through the bank in Arsinoe.
Location of Composition	Upper Egypt, 2nd nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Comments on Text	ok. translation Bagnall-Derow, no. 120
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

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Translation

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1	Μνήσαρχος Ἀντιπάτρωι χαίρειν. ἐπεστάλκαμεν
2	Πανίσκωι διαγράψαι ἀπὸ τῆς ἐν Ἀρσινόηι τραπέζης
3	Δημητρίωι γραμματεῖ τῶν δι' Ἀνδρονίκου κυνηγῶν
4	ὥστε τοῖς ἀναζευγνύουσι μετὰ Πειθολάου ἀνδράσι σλα
5	ὀψώνιον ἀπὸ Ἀρτεμισίου ἕως Πανήμου μηνῶν γ (τάλαντα) β Αωξ,
6	ἀνταναιρουμένου δὲ τοῦ προδοθέντος τοῖς προ-
7	αποσταλεῖσιν εἰς μῆνα Ἀρτεμίσιον (δραχμὰς) ξ τὰ λοιπὰ (τάλαντα) β Αω. συνχρημάτισον
8	οὖν καθότι γέγραπται.
9	ἔρρωσο. (ἔτους) κε Θωῦθ κα.
10	Ἀπολλωνίδει· συνχρημάτισον καθότι γέγραπται.
11	ἔρρωσο. (ἔτους) κε Θωῦθ κα.

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1	Mnesarchos to Antipatros, greeting. I have instructed
2	Paniskos to pay from the bank in Arsinoe
3	to Demetrios the secretary of the hunters (hired) through Andronikos
4	for the 231 men who set off with Peitholaos,
5	their wages from Artemisios through Panemos, 3 months: 2 talents, 1860 dr.,
6	subtracting the advance payment made to the advance
7	guard for the month of Artemisios, 60 dr., a balance of 2 talents, 1800 dr. Carry this out
8	therefore as has been written.
9	Farewell. Year 25, Thoth 21.
10	To Apollonides. Carry this out as has been written.
11	Farewell. Year 25, Thoth 21.

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
4007	man	Andronikos (P.Eleph. 28)	Ἀνδρόνικος	Greek, Ancient

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Ptolemaios III Euergetes	25	Thoth	21	-223 November 7 BCE	date in text;

Literature

Bagnall, Roger S. & Derow, Peter, Historical Sources in Translation. The Hellenistic Period (2004). (201-202, no. 120)
Clarysse, Willy, The Archive of the Prakor Milon (2003). (24, no. 7)
Rubensohn, Otto & Schubart, Wilhelm & Spiegelberg, Wilhelm, Elephantine-Papyri (1907). (no. 28)
Wilcken, Ulrich, Grundzüge und Chrestomathie der Papyruskunde; I Historischer Teil, 2: Chrestomathie (1963). (no. 451)

DatasetID	307147
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	03743
Trismegistos	5859
Papyri.info	ddbdp/chr.wilck;;451
Author	Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 307147 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13509), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Daniel Werning, Ruth Duttenhöfer.