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Pap. Berlin P. 23922 a (+) b; P. 23967

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Pap. Berlin P. 23922 a (+) b; P. 23967
Publication Number TAD A.4.6
Comments on Inventory Previously Plate: P. 13445 A- Frags. P. 13461/12; P. 13445A- P. 13445/5; P. 13445A- P. 13445/6; P. 13445A- P. 13445-96/88; P. 13445A- P. 13445/1;
Publication Permission Status no permission for publication necessary

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]
Finder (= First Purchaser) Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty:
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution partage
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty:

Object

Object Type papyrus
Range of Preservation complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object verso/recto
Script, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 8 / 8 1 / 0
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Report. Re Troop Movements and Captives
Text Types
  • documentary
Summary of Content This manuscript has been reedited with new fragments in Moore, New Aramaic Papyri, no. 2.1.1. The museum has assigned it two new numbers, separating the upper and lower fragments as well as removing those fragments that have been incorrectly misplaced on the document. The content concerns one or two reports that reflect on Cambyses and Egyptian and Babylonian conflicts.
Location of Composition Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: )
Multilingualism Monolingual
Religion unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
R

1עבדיכ ◦
2בי◦
3ארת
4בלבנ(נ)
5כל ר ד
6כל ר ד
7' ינחת... ינחרו ...
8' ◦[...]
x+7מ◦[◦]◦בגדת בר
x+8◦ אתו ליב בירתא
x+9בגו חיליא אלכמצריא ...
x+10שמהת גבריא זי אביתנצר ◦
x+11 ת צ בר פטנתר שמה 𐡘 פיא בר ח◦
x+12גבריא זי שמהתהמ כתיב ◦
x+13גברנ מננ אחדו אסרו בכבלי
x+14... קדמ כנבוזיסבלוה בבלינ חרס
V

1The verso of the larger fragment is published in TAD as D2.28. The text is rotated 90 degrees relative to the text on the recto.
vso1ספרא זי לבטתא אנתתה זי

1 The verso of the larger fragment is published in TAD as D2.28. The text is rotated 90 degrees relative to the text on the recto.
R

1Your (m.s.) servants ◦[...]
2BY◦[...]
3Arta[...]
4with bri⸢ck⸣[s ...]/Belbani[ ...]
5all/every [...]
6all/every [...]
7' {He shal go/lead do[own ...] |Inha[rou ...]}
8' ◦[...]
1'[...]⸢M⸣◦[◦]◦ Bagadata son of ◦[...]
2'[...]◦ they came to Fort Elephantine [...]
3'[...]⸢(there) in⸣. Those Egyptian⸣ force⸣[s ...]
4'[...] ⸢na⸣mes of the men ⸢wh⸣o(m) ˀAbiyitneṣe⸢r⸣ [...]
5'[...] 1 name[d PN] son of Peṭeneter, [1 named] Pia son of Ḥo[...]
6'[...] the men, whose na[m]es are written ◦[...]
7'[...] men from us they sei[z]ed (and) bound in chains [...]
8'[... be]⸢fo⸣re Cambyses, Babylonians su⸢pport⸣[ed him,] Ḥrs[…]
V

vso1⸢The⸣ do⸢cument⸣ which belongs to ⸢Buṭet⸣aˀ. His/Her/its ◦◦◦◦[…]Ybs
308212_R_001
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308212_V_001
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Ber_P_23922_a-b_R_and_
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Ber_P_23967_R_001
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Places (read out from edition)
  • י (places.xml#s3)
  • ב (places.xml#s3)
    		•

     

    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    3850 Arta ארת Aramaic, Imperial

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    -525 BCE -399 BCE ;

     

    Pictures

    308212_R_001
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    308212_V_001
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    Ber_P_23922_a-b_R_and_
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    Ber_P_23967_R_001
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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 308212
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 89410
    Author James D. Moore, Verena Lepper
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 308212 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23922 a (+) b; P. 23967), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Verena Lepper.