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Pap. Moskva, Pushkinskij muzej I.1.d. 135

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Pap. Moskva, Pushkinskij muzej I.1.d. 135
Current Location magazine
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 purchase
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Golénischeff, Wladimir Semjonowitsch
Certainty: high
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Cairo
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution purchase
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution between 1911 and 1911
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Golénischeff, Wladimir Semjonowitsch
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type papyrus
Color papyrus
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation The papyrus consists of 3 large fragments joining each other. The top and the lateral margins are lost in undetermined extent. At all, approximately half of the original papyrus is lost. The three fragments have the measurements: I: H 173; W 474 mm. II: H 178; W 510 mm. III: H 172; W 350 mm.
Mounting framed under glass

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) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) The contract exists in four copies, of which all are only partly preserved. Together a complete text can be restored.
Script, Primary Early Demotic
Language, Primary Early Demotic
Comments on Text Layout Wide line pitch. The main text and all four witnesses-copies are placed on the recto: Row 1: Version "C" on top. Row 2: "A" on the right side, followed by "D" to its left with a broad distance. Row 3: "B" on the right side, followed by "E" directly to its left.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 4 x 4 0
Quantity of Columns 4 x 1 0
Line Lenght (in mm) 0 0
Column Height (in mm) 0 0
Height of Line / Letter
Line Distance unclear 0

 

Text Content

Modern Title sale contract for income of liturgical offices - document of transfer
Ancient Archives Chnoum temple archives | administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | contract | horizontal format
Summary of Content The sisters Tetichnoumis and Tasenis yield the income of nine priestly offices connected with the Chnoum tempe of Elephantine to their half-brother Chnoummachis. The offices were inherited from their mother and being in the hand of this family since four generations. On the other hand, they ensure with this contract the ownership of the house of their great-grandfather Petosiris, over which Chnoummachis should have no control. The main text is repeated four times, each introduced by another witness.
Location of Composition Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender - Activity of woman: contractant - Activity of woman: owner of income of priestly offices - Identifier of woman: daughter of a man and of her mother - Identifier of woman: mother of a woman in her filiation
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
Text A
A1 ḥsb.t 12 ı͗bd 3 (ı͗bd 4?) šmw n pr-ꜥꜣ Nḫt-Ḥr-m-ḥb ḏd s:ḥm.t Tꜣ-ḏı͗-H̱nm ta ı͗ry-ꜥꜣ (n) H̱nm Ns-H̱nm mw.t=s Ta-ršy ḥnꜥ my-nn Ta-sny ta Ns-H̱nm mw.t=s Ta-ršy dmḏ s 2 ı͗w=w ḏd (n) wꜥ rꜣ n ı͗my-wnw.t H̱nm H̱nm-m-ꜣḫ.t sꜣ ꜥnḫ-Ḥp mw.t=f Ta-ršy ḏı͗=k mty ḥꜣ.ṱ=n n pꜣ ḥḏ swn nty nb nty mtw=n (n) rn s:ḥm.t Ta-ršy ta ı͗my-wnw.t (n) H̱nm Pꜣ-ẖl-Ḫnsw pꜣy=w wn
A2 nꜣ h(r)w n ı͗my-wnw.t nty mtw=s (n) rn Pꜣ-ẖl-Ḫnsw sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r pꜣy=s ı͗t n ḥ.t-nṯr (n) Yb ḥnꜥ pꜣy=s ı͗rpy ḥnꜥ tꜣy=f dnı͗.t n nꜣ ı͗bd.w H̱nm-I͗ry-šꜥ-nfr-n-pꜣ-ẖry ḥnꜥ tꜣy=f dnı͗.t (n) tꜣ ı͗ꜣw.t ḫꜣy-nꜣ-šnw(.t) ḥnꜥ tꜣy=f dnı͗.t (n tꜣ ı͗ꜣw.t) ḫꜣy-sḫt-n- ḥ.t-nṯr (n) Yb ḥnꜥ tꜣy=f dnı͗.t (n) nꜣ h(r)w gwṱ nꜣ h(r)w ı͗ry-ꜥꜣ wrš.w ṯꜣy-šnby šmꜥ-wdḥ nty mtw=f (n) rn s:ḥm.t Tꜣ-rmṯ.t-Bꜣst.t ta Ns-H̱nm tꜣy=f mw.t
A3 mtw=k st tꜣy=f dnı͗ s:ꜥnḫ nb mn.t nmḥ nb nty mtw=f n ḥ.t-nṯr (n) Yb (n) rn Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mty pꜣy=f ı͗t tꜣy pꜣ h(r)w r ḥry ḥnꜥ nꜣy=w ı͗ny.w ḥnꜥ nꜣy=w ꜣḫy(.w) ḥnꜣ nty nb pry n.ı͗m=w ḥnꜥ nꜣ nty ı͗w=w r wḥ r.r=w sḫt ḥ.t-nṯr pꜣ dmy bn ı͗w rḫ rmṯ nb n pꜣ tꜣ ı͗w=n mı͗t.t ı͗r sḫy n.ı͗m=w bnr=k pꜣ nty ı͗w=f (r) ı͗y r.r=k r-dbꜣ=w r ṯꜣy=w mtw=k ı͗w=n (r) ḏı͗.t wy=f r.r=k mtw=n (r) wꜥb=w n=k
A4 r qnb.t nb md.t nb n pꜣ tꜣ mtw=k sẖ nb r.ı͗r=w r.r=w ḥnꜥ sẖ nb ı͗.ı͗r=w n=n r.r=w ḥnꜥ sẖ nb nty ı͗w=n mꜣꜥ n.ı͗m=w (n) rn=w pꜣ ꜥnḫ pꜣ ꜥḥꜥ-rd nty ı͗w=w ḏı͗.t st m-sꜣ=k r ḏı͗.t ı͗r=k st (n) rn pꜣ sẖ nty ḥry ı͗w=n (r) ı͗r=f ı͗w=n m-sꜣ=k tꜣy=f dnı͗.t n pr Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mty nty (m) tꜣ ı͗w(y.t) mḥ n Yb nty hn r Pꜣ-sb.t-pr-ꜥꜣ r pr-mḥy n-ḏr.t Pa-sny sꜣ Ns-nb-ꜥnḫ
Text B
B1-4 NN sꜣ NN ı͗w=f mtr (full text of contract again) sẖ nꜣy
Text C
C1-4 NN sꜣ NN ı͗w=f mtr (full text of contract again) sẖ nꜣy
Text D
D1-4 Wsı͗r-wr sꜣ Ḥr ı͗w=f mtr (full text of contract again) sẖ nꜣy
Text E
E1-4 Ḥr-nfr sꜣ Ns-Ḥr ı͗w=f mtr (full text of contract again) sẖ nꜣy
Text A
A1 12th regnal year, Epeiph (Mesore?) of pharaoh Nectanebos. The lady Tetchnoumis, daughter of the pastophoros of Chnoum Eschnoumis and her mother Tareshy, has spoken together with the likewise entitled Tasenis, daughter of Eschnoumis and her mother Tareshy – total: 2 persons – who speak with one mouth, to the astronomer of Chnoum, Chnoummachis, son of Achoapis and his mother Tareshy: You have satisfied our hearts with the money for the value of everything which is ours, inherited from the lady Tareshy, daughter of the astronomer of Chnoum Pachelchonsis. Their inventory:
A2 (1.) The days (of service) of astronomer which were hers inherited from Pachelchonsis, son of Petosiris, her (scil. Tareshy’s) father, in the temple domain (of) Elephantine together with its temple; (2.) together with its share (of) the months (of service) of Chnoum-Arensnouphis-on-the-road; (3.) together with his share (of) the office (of) measurer-of-the-granary; (4.) together with his share (of the office of) measurer-of-the-temple-fields (of) Elephantine; (5.) together with his share (of) the days (of service) of bearer; (6.-9.) (and) the days (of service) of pastophoros, guard, trumpet-player, (and) cymbal-player NOTE, which were his inherited from the lady Tarembastis, daughter of Eschnoumis, his (scil. Pachelchonsis’) mother.
A3 Yours are (1.) his share (of) every endowment (and) everything (of) free men, which were his in the temple (of) Elephantine inherited from Petosiris, son of Espmetis, his (scil. Pachelchonsis’) father, from today henceforth, (2.) together with their income, (3.) together with their revenue, (4.) together with everything which comes from them, (5.-7.) together with that which will be added to them (from) the field, (from) the temple (and from) the town. No man in the world, ourselves likewise, will be able to exercise control over them apart from you. The one who will come against you concerning them to take them away from you, we will cause him to withdraw from you, and we will cause them to be clear for you
A4 from every title deed (and) every word in the world. Yours is every writing which has been made concerning them, together with writing which has been made for us concerning them, together with every writing by which we have rights (in) their name. The oath (or) the provision of proof which will be placed on you to cause you to do them (in the) name (of) the writing mentioned above, we will do it. We are still behind you (concerning) his share of (the) house of Petosiris, son of Espmetis, which (is in) the northern quarter of Elephantine (and) which borders on the Wall-of-pharaoh to the north. Issued by Pasenis, son of Esnebonychos.
Text B
B1-4 [NN, son of NN, who witnesses:] (full text of contract again) [countersigned this.]
Text C
C1-4 [NN, son of NN, who witnesses:] (full text of contract again) [countersigned this.]
Text D
D1-4 Osoroeris, son of Horos, who witnesses: (full text of contract again) countersigned this.
Text E
E1-4 Harnouphis, son of Esyris, who witnesses: (full text of contract again) countersigned this.
     
Places (read out from edition)
  • pr nty (m) (places.xml#s151)
  • tꜣ ı͗w(y.t) mḥ n Yb (places.xml#s152)
  • Pꜣ-sb.t-pr-ꜥꜣ (places.xml#s153)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    8725 man Chnoummachis, son of Achoapis and his mother Tareschi Hnm-m-ꜣḫ.t sꜣ ꜥnḫ-Ḥp mw.t=f Ta-ršy pre-Coptic Egyptian

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Nectanebo II 12 Epeiph -349 September 9 BCE -349 October 8 BCE internal dating, without name of the ruler;

     

    Literature

     

    DatasetID 307475
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 45742
    Author Jan Moje
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 307475 (= Pap. Moskva, Pushkinskij muzej I.1.d. 135), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.