Pap. Berlin P. 13444 A- (frags.) P. 13444-7, P. 13444-8, P. 13444-9, P. 13444-11, P. 13444-12, P. 23140-5, P. 23140-59

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 13444 A- (frags.) P. 13444-7, P. 13444-8, P. 13444-9, P. 13444-11, P. 13444-12, P. 23140-5, P. 23140-59
Publication Number	TAD D.2.25
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status	partly 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	excavation or purchase Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors) Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine / Syene
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	excavation finds
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1906 and 1907
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors) Certainty: high

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Dating	between -525 and -399
Criteria for Dating	Persian occupation
Range of Preservation	complete
Comments on Object	The fragments constitute a single document.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	perpendicular (recto)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Script, additional A	Early Demotic
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, additional A	Early Demotic
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+11

Text Content

Modern Title	Contract
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary \| contract
Summary of Content	Contract. Meaning uncertain. Mention of satisfaction clause possible interogation. Partial penalty clause survives. Witnesses are Aramean (general Semitic names) and Egyptians. Demotic (ERC Elephantine, Moje): One line is written in Demotic, as this wittness was obviously not able to write Aramaic.
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: )
Comments on Text	Demotic fragment published in TAD handcopy does not belong to this document.
Multilingualism	Bilingual
Gender	Man

Text

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	TAD's edition:
	1. ◦◦{א\|י}ו ◦◦ מל
	2. ◦ בנישאלונני ע[לדבר ...] הנ
	3. כתי[ב ב]ספרא זנה לאבתנ{ח\|כ}
	4. כתב◦◦◦ אתוב ◦
	5. [...א]בג[ר]נ כס[פ ]כרשנ חמשה[ באבני מלכא]
	6. ◦אל בר תחנומ ספרא[ זנ]ה
	7. ⸢sẖ⸣ Mḥ-⸢ỉmn(?)⸣[...(?) sꜢ] ỉꜥḥ-ms ⸢tp=⸣(f)(?)
	8. שהד פטמ[ונ בר ... שהד ]זבדי ב[ר ש]כאל [שהד ... בר]
	9. חמנ שה[ד ... ב]ר בית[אל ... שהד ... בר ...]
	10. שהד[ ... בר ... שהד ... בר ...]
	11. [כתב מעוזיה בר נתנ (בר ענני) ספרא זנה]

13444-12 (+) 13444-8 + 23140-59 (+) 13444-9

1	◦◦ א י ו ◦◦ ◦◦
2	◦ס ג ה לבנ וישאלונני על ... מל
3	◦אלכתיב בספרא זנה לא הנ

13444-11 (+) 23140-5 + 13444-7

4	לנתנה
5	כתב◦◦◦ אתוב ◦
6	◦ כספ כרשנ חמשה באבני מלכא
7	בר תחנומ ספרא זנה

8	sẖ Mḥ-I͗mn sꜣ I͗ꜥḥ-ms tp=f

9	שהד פטמונ בר ... שהד זבדי בר שכאל שהד ... בר
10	חמנ שהד ... בר בית() שהד ... בר ...
11	שהד ... בר ... שהד ... בר ...

23140-77 (Ber. Pl. P. 13461D)

2	sẖ Nb-m-Mw.t (s3) Pa-

13444-12 (+) 13444-8 (+) 23140-59 (+) 13444-9

1	[...]◦◦[...]{ˀ\|Y}W ◦◦[...] ◦◦[...]
2	[...]◦{G\|H}[... satisfies (?) ]our heart (?). ⸢And they shall interrogate me ab[out ...]ML[...]
3	[... ]◦ˀL[...] is wri[tt]en [in] this document. Not[...] If,

13444-11 (+) 23140-5 + 13444-7

4	[...]⸢L⸣[... shall ]⸢g⸣ive ⸢it⸣[...]
5	[...] wro⸢te⸣[...]◦◦◦ I shall return ◦[...]
6	[...]◦ si⸢lv⸣[er ]five ⸢ka⸣rš [according to the stone (weights) of the king]
7	[... PN] son of Taḥnûm [thi]⸢s⸣ document[...]
8	Countersigned by Maha[mounis, son] of Amasis, persona[lly].
9	⸢Wi⸣tness: Peṭeam[ûn son of PN. Witness: ]Zabdî so[n of Ša]⸢k⸣ˀel. [Witness: PN son of]
10	Ḥaman. Wi⸢t⸣[ness PN so]⸢n of⸣ Bayit([...])[ Witness PN son of PN]
11	⸢Witness:⸣[ PN son of PN. Witness: PN son of PN]

23140-77 (Ber. Pl. P. 13461D)

¹This fragment does not belong to this document, as TAD's hand copy suggests.

1	[...]◦◦◦◦[...]
2	Written by Nebemmouthis, (son) of Pa[...]

¹ This fragment does not belong to this document, as TAD's hand copy suggests.

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
15945	man	Mahamounis son of Amasis	Mḥ-I͗mn sꜣ I͗ꜥḥ-ms	Demotic

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty)				-515 BCE -399 BCE	;

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Literature

DatasetID	307790
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	89612
Author	James D. Moore (Aramaic); Jan Moje (Demotic); Emil Joubert (bibliography)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 307790 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13444 A- (frags.) P. 13444-7, P. 13444-8, P. 13444-9, P. 13444-11, P. 13444-12, P. 23140-5, P. 23140-59), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore (Aramaic); Jan Moje (Demotic); Emil Joubert (bibliography).