Pap. Vindob. D 10151

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Wien, Nationalbibliothek Pap
Inventory Number	Pap. Vindob. D 10151
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	(unknown) Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	(unknown) 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	(unknown)
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1870 and 1922
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	(unknown) Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Rotation	around vertical axis (side to side)
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The right half of the sheet is heavily damaged, with several lost parts.
Mounting	In 2 glass frames
Restoration Activities	1935-35 conservation and framing through Hugo Ibscher
Comments on Object	The papyrus was restored twice in antiquity, in unprofessional manner. 1. The entire paprus was glued on another papyrus, only the part of the verso with the witnessess signatures was recessed. 2. The fractures were stabilized by underlaid papyrus strips.

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)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	All line beginnings are heavily damaged, with several lost parts.
Script, Primary	Early Demotic
Language, Primary	Early Demotic
Language, additional A	(none)
Comments on Text Layout	Recto: Narrow and steady line pitch. The text is placed onto the second fourth of the papyrus, with a small but aligned margin on the left side. The upper part as well as the entire lower half of the roll remains uninscribed. Verso: Wide and partly unsteady line pitch. All lines autographic by the witnesses themselves. The text is placed on the very left part of the Verso.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	8	16
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	contract for liturgies exchange
Ancient Archives	Chnoum temple archives \| administrative archive
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	Petosiris, son of Espmetis (Vindob D 10151)
Text Types	documentary \| contract \| horizontal format
Summary of Content	Espmetis, son of Petosiris and his mother Ruru, transfers to Haryotes, son of Amosis and his mother Merib, the income of six month+25 days from his offices of a scribe-of-the-chest and a scribe-of-allotment, in exchange for the income of seven month and [///] days from an not specified office from the Chnoum-Arensnouphis temple administration. Autographic signature of the transferer (= 1st contractant).
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	Alternative date (E. Lüddeckens): Artaxerxes III: BCE 339 December 16 - BCE 338 January 14
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Ethnicity / Multiculturalism	Egyptian
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	- Activity of woman: owner of income of priestly offices - Identifier of woman: mother of a woman in her filiation
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

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1	ḥsb.t 5 ı͗bd 2 ꜣḫ.t n pr-ꜥꜣ ꜥws Rṱḫšsš ꜥws ḏd sẖ mḏꜣ.t-nṯr n H̱nm ꜥꜣ nb Yb Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r mw.t=f Rwrw n wṯs-Rꜥ Ḥr-wḏꜣ sꜣ I͗ꜥḥ-ms mw.t=f Mr-ı͗b pꜣ sẖ mḏꜣ.t-nṯr n ꜣs.t ḏı͗=y n=k pꜣ ı͗bd 6 hrw 25 n tꜣ ı͗ꜣw.t sẖ ḏy tꜣ ı͗ꜣw.t sẖ tš n ḥ.t-nṯr n Yb r.ı͗n=y r- dbꜣ-ḥḏ ı͗.ı͗r Ns-pꜣ-mtr-šps sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Bꜣk-rn=f pꜣ wꜥb n H̱nm
2	ı͗rm Tꜣ-šr.t-I͗ꜥḥ ta Ns-pꜣ-mtr mw.t=s Rnp.t-nfr.t n tꜣ šb.t n pꜣ ı͗bd 7 hrw n ḥ.t-nṯr H̱nm-I͗ry-ḥms-nfr r.ı͗n=k r- dbꜣ-ḥḏ ı͗.ı͗r pꜣ wꜥb n ꜥnq.t Ns-H̱nm sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Ḥr-wḏꜣ mw.t=f Tꜣ-ḥny ḥnꜥ Pa-ı͗r-dı͗.t sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr mw.t=f ꜥr =w -Ḥp-r-Mn-nfr my-nn Ḥr-wḏꜣ sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr mw.t=f ꜥr =w -Ḥp-r-Mn-nfr Tꜣ-nfr.t-ı͗w sꜣ ta Ns-pꜣ-mtr mw.t=s ꜥr =w -Ḥp-r-Mn-nfr r.ḏı͗=k n=y ẖr nꜣ ı͗bd.w n tꜣ ı͗ꜣw.t sẖ ḏy tꜣ ı͗ꜣw.t
3	sẖ tš nty ḥry mtw=k st ḥnꜥ nꜣy=w ꜥq sm ı͗rp ḥnꜥ nty nb nty pr n.ı͗m=w ḥnꜥ nꜣ nty ı͗w=w r wꜣḥ r.r=w n sḫ.t n ḥ.t-nṯr pꜣ dmy ı͗rm pꜣ ꜥq-psy 1 nty ı͗w=w ḏı͗.t s n ḥ.t-nṯr n Yb n nꜣ ḥm-nṯr.w nty ı͗w=w ı͗r=w r nꜣ ꜥby.w nꜣ ˹ḥb.w˺ H̱nm n pꜣ rn pꜣ sẖ tš bn-ı͗w rḫ rmṯ nb n pꜣ tꜣ ı͗r sḫy n nꜣ dnı͗.w nty ḥry ḥnꜥ nꜣy=w šty=w ḥnꜥ nꜣ nty ı͗w=w r wꜣḥ r.r=w bnr=k n-ṯꜣy ı͗t mw.t sn sn.t šr šr.t rmṯ nb n pꜣ tꜣ
4	ı͗nk ḥꜣ=y mı͗t.ṱ pꜣ nty ı͗w=f r ı͗y r.r=k r-dbꜣ nꜣ dnı͗.w nty ḥry ḥnꜥ ṯꜣy.ṱ=w mtw=k ḥnꜥ nꜣy=w ꜥq.w sm ı͗rp ḥnꜥ nꜣy=w šty.w ḥnꜥ nty nb nty pr n.ı͗m=w ḥnꜥ nꜣ nty ı͗w=w r wꜣḥ r.r=w ı͗w=y r ḏı͗.t wy=f r.r=k ı͗w=y tm ḏı͗.t wy=f r.r=k ı͗w=y r ḏı͗.t n=k ḥḏ dbn 20 pr-ḥḏ Ptḥ wtḥ r ḥḏ dbn 19 qd 9 ⅔ ⅙ 1/10 1/30 1/60 1/60 r ḥḏ dbn 20 pr-ḥḏ Ptḥ wtḥ ꜥn ı͗w mtw=k pꜣ ı͗bd 6 hrw 25 nty ḥry ḥnꜥ nꜣy=w šty.w ḥnꜥ nꜣ nty ı͗w=w r wꜣḥ r.r=w ꜥn ḏı͗=y n=k
5	pꜣ ḏmꜥ ı͗.ı͗r n=y Ns-pꜣ-mtr-šps sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Bꜣk-rn=f r tꜣ ı͗ꜣw.t sẖ ḏy tꜣ ı͗ꜣw.t sẖ tš ı͗rm pꜣ ḏmꜥ ı͗.ı͗r nꜣ wꜥb.w n H̱nm ꜥꜣ nb Yb n Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Bꜣk-rn=f pꜣ ı͗t n Ns-pꜣ-mtr-šps nty ḥry mtw ı͗r=f hp ı͗rm=w ı͗w=f šn n=f ½ tꜣ dnı͗.t n sẖ ḏy sẖ tš ı͗rm pꜣ ḏmꜥ ı͗.ı͗r Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Bꜣk-rn=f n Tꜣ-šr.t-I͗ꜥḥ ta Ns-pꜣ-mtr r pꜣ ⅓ n tꜣ ı͗ꜣw.t
6	sẖ dy tꜣ ı͗ꜣw.t sẖ tš ı͗rm tꜣ ẖ ı͗.ı͗r Tꜣ-šr.t-I͗ꜥḥ ta Ns-pꜣ-mtr ḥr ky ḏmꜥ dmḏ 5 mtw=k st ḥnꜥ nꜣy=w hp.w bn-ı͗w rḫ rmṯ nb n pꜣ tꜣ ı͗r sḫy n.ı͗m=w bnr=k mtw=y ḏı͗.t wꜥb.w n=k r qnb.t nb md.t nb n pꜣ tꜣ ı͗w Wḏꜣ--mr sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r mw.t=f Ta-pꜣ-mtr my-nn Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr mw.t=f Ta-pꜣ-mtr my-nn Ns-pꜣ-nty-n-sny sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr mw.t=f Tꜣ-nfr-ı͗w Sgy sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr mw.t=f Ta-pꜣ-nty-ḥ.t-nṯr
7	dmḏ s 4 nꜣ ẖrṱ.w n Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r mw.t=f Rwrw nty ḥry ꜥḥꜥ ḏd ḥꜣṱ=n mty.w n pꜣ sẖ nty ḥry bn-ı͗w rḫ šr mtw=y =n ı͗n ḏmꜥ ı͗s ḏmꜥ n mꜣy n.ı͗m=w ı͗nk ḥꜣ=y ı͗nn ḥꜣ=w mı͗t.ṱ n pꜣ rn nꜣ dnı͗.w nty ḥry nꜣ ḏmꜥ.w ntı͗ ı͗w=n r ı͗n.ṱ=w r.r=k mtw=k st ḥnꜥ nꜣy=w hp.w ı͗wṱ ḏd qnb.t nb n pꜣ tꜣ ı͗rm=k n-ḏr.t H̱nm ꜥꜣ nb Yb pꜣ nṯr ꜥꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r sꜣ Ns-pꜣ-mtr
8	sẖ Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Pꜣ-ḏı͗-Wsı͗r mw.t=f Rwrw tp=f

1	5th regnal year, Phaophi [of pharaoh LPH] Artaxerxes LPH. [Thus has spoken the scribe of the divine book] of Chnoum the Great, master of Elephantine, Espmetis, son of Petosiris and his mother Ruru, to the carrier-of-Ra Haryotes, son of Amasis and his mother Merib, the scribe of the divine book of Isis: I have given to you the 6 month and 25 days of the office of a scribe-of-the-chest (and) of the office of a scribe-of-allotment [of] the temple of Elephantine, which I have bought from Espmetsepsis, son of Espmetis, son of Bochorinis, the wab priest of Chnoum,
2	[together with Sen]iah, daughter of Esp[metis and her mother Rempnophris (II.)], in exchange for the 7 month [and days (of) the temple of Chnoum-]Arensnouphis, which you have bought from (1.) (the) wab priest of Anukis, Eschnoumis, son of Espmetis, son of Haryotes, and his mother Taheny (2.) and (from) Pa-ir-dit, son of Espmetis and his mother Arouhapemenfe, (3.) (and from) the likewise entitled Haryotes, son of Espmetis and his mother Arouhapemenfe, (4.) (and from) Tnephereus, {son} daughter of Espmetis and her mother Arouhapemenfe, which you have given to me for the month of the office of a scribe-of-the-chest and the office
3	[of a scribe-of-allotment] mentioned above. They are belonging to you [together with your bread,] [///], herbs, wine, and everything which comes from them, and [with that which] will be added to them from the field, from the temple (and from) the town, together with the 1 loaf of baked bread, which is given to the temple of Elephantine, (precisely) to the priests, (and) which is made for the offerings of the ˹festivals˺ of Chnoum in the name of the district scribe. Any man in the world will be able to exercise control over the percentage mentioned above, together with their income, together with that which will be added to them, apart from you, whether father, mother, brother, sister, son, daughter, master, mistress (or) any man in the world,
4	[I myself likewise.] The one who will come [against you because of the percentage] mentioned above {and} to take them away [from you] together with their bread, [///], herbs, wine, and their income, and everything which comes from them, and that which will be added to them: I will cause him to withdraw from you. If I do not cause him to withdraw from you, I will give to you 20 silver (deben) from the treasury of Ptah, adequate, yields 19 silver (deben) and ⅔ ⅙ 1/10 1/30 1/60 1/60 kite, yields 20 silver (deben) from the treasury of Ptah, adequate, again. Belonging to you are the 6 month and 25 days ˹mentioned above˺, together with their income and that which will be added to them, again. I have given to you
5	[the papyrus roll] which has made for me Es[pmetsepsis, son of Espmetis], son of Bochorinis, concerning [the office] of a scribe-of-the-chest and the office of a scribe-of-allotment; together with the papyrus roll which have made the wab priests of Chnoum, the Great, master of Elephantine, for Espmetis, {son of Espmetis,} son of Bochorinis, the father of Espmetsepsis mentioned above, when he made a legal disput with them, while he demands(?) for himself ½ of the percentage of a [scribe]-of-the-chest and a scribe-of-allotment; together with the papyrus roll which has made Nespmetis, son of Bochorinis, for Seniah, daughter of Espmetis, concerning the ⅓ of [the] office
6	[of a scribe-of-the-chest] and of the office [of a scribe-of-allotment, together with the copy] which has made Seniah, daughter of ˹Espmetis˺ on [another] papyrus roll. Total: 5 (papyrus rolls). They belong to you together with their liabilities, Any man on earth will be able to wield power over them, apart from you. And I am to cause them to be clear for you from every title deed and every word in the world. a) Udja-..?..mer, son of Espmetis, son of Petosiris, and his mother Tapmetis; b) the likewise entitled Petosiris, son of Es[p]metis and his mother Tapmetis; c) the likewise entitled Espnetensenis, son of Espmetis and his mother Tanephereus; d) (and) Segy, son of Espmetis and his mother Tapneti-hetnetjer;
7	[total: 4 people, the] children of Es[pmetis, son of Petosiris and] his [mother] Ruru, mentioned above, [stand and say:] ‘Our hearts are satisfied with the writing mentioned above. A son belonging to {me} us will not be able to bring an old papyrus-roll (or a) new papyrus-roll ˹concerning them˺, {Ι myself} we ourselves likewise, in (the) name of the percentages mentioned above. The papyrus-rolls which we will bring to you, they belong to you, together with their liabilities, without citing any title deed [in] the world against you. [Issued by] the ..?.. of Chnum, the Great, master of Elephantine, the great god, Petosiris, son of Espmetis.
8	[Countersigned by Espmetis, son] of Petosiris and his mother Ruru], autographic.

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
11560	man	Artaxerxes I	Rṱḫšsš	Aramaic, Imperial

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Artaxerxes I	05	Phaophi		-460 January 15 BCE -460 February 13 BCE	Internal dating, with name of the ruler.;

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Literature

DatasetID	307665
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	45744
Author	Jan Moje
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 307665 (= Pap. Vindob. D 10151), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Jan Moje.