Pap. London, British Library Pap 6809

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Collection

Inventory Number	Pap. London, British Library Pap 6809
Publication Number	ined.
Current Location	London, British Library
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	unpublished

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	purchase Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser)	de Rustafjaell, Robert Certainty: high
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 12 11 1907 and
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	de Rustafjaell, Robert Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Junker, Hermann Certainty: high

Object

Object Type

papyrus

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto/verso
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	parallel (recto) and perpendicular (verso)
Inks and Pigments	type unclear monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	The beginning of the text is missing, otherwise in quite good preservation. Some holes in the papyrus and in two or three lins the ink is somewhat faded.
Script, Primary	Coptic
Language, Primary	Coptic
Comments on Handwriting	A not very regular but practised document hand, trema and supralinear stroke are used, some ligatures.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	4	19
Quantity of Columns	1	1
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Ancient Archives	private archive \| Patermouthis
Text Types	documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Products and services provided are listed, partly "without payment/rent", with some explanations and mention of family members addressing the receiver of the document in the second person singular.
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Gender	Man Woman

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	ⳁ ⲥⲟⲉ ⲛ︦ⲥⲉⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓⲟⲛ¹σινδόνιον ⲉⲁⲓ̈ⲟⲩⲁϫⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲕ ⲛ︦ⲁⲧⲃⲏⲕⲉ
2	ϣⲟⲙⲛ︦ⲧ ⲛ︦ⲡⲣⲏϣ ⲉⲁⲓ̈ⲟⲩⲁϫⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲕ ϩⲛ︦ⲡⲁⲛϩ ⲛ︦ⲙⲁⲕⲁⲣⲓⲁ
3	ⲙⲛ︦ⲧⲥⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲛ︦ⲝⲉⲥⲧⲣⲁ ²ξέστης ⲛ︦ⲛⲉϩ ⲉⲁⲓϫⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲙⲁⲛ︦ⲓ̈ⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ
4	ⲡⲁⲥⲁⲣⲁⲉⲓ ⲉⲁⲡⲁϣⲏⲣⲉⲧⲁϩⲁⲟⲩ ⲉⲁⲕⲟⲩⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ︦ⲡⲉⲕϯ ⲛⲁⲓ ̈ⲗⲁⲩⲉ ⲛ︦ϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ

¹ σινδόνιον
² ξέστης

1	ⲥ︦
2	ⲙⲏⲛⲁ
3	ϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ
4	ⲁ̣ⲩ̣ⲛⲉⲛ ϣⲟⲙⲧ ⲙ︦ⲡⲛⲱ ⲉⲧⲉⲣⲉⲧⲉⲕⲥϩⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲧ ⲁⲓ̈ϫⲓ ϥⲧⲟⲉ ⲛ︦ⲕ̣ⲉⲣ ⲛ︦ⲛⲟⲩⲃ
5	ⲙⲁ ⲛⲡⲁⲗⲉⲛⲉⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲁⲕϫⲁⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲁⲥ ϫⲉ ϫⲓ ⲛ︦ⲕⲁⲕⲉ ⲙⲁ︦ ⲛ︦ϥⲱ
6	ⲙ︦ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ⲁⲓϣⲉ ⲙ︦ⲡⲉ̣ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲁⲓ̈ϫⲓ ϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲛⲏⲣⲧⲁⲃ ⲛ︦ⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲛ︦ⲛⲉⲕϣⲏⲣⲉ
7	ⲥ̣ⲁ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲛⲏⲣⲧⲁⲃ ⲙ︦ⲡⲉⲕⲛⲁⲛ ⲙ︦ⲡⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ︦ⲧⲁⲡⲉⲕϣⲏⲣⲉϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲃⲁⲗ
8	ⲁⲧⲉⲕⲥϩⲓⲙⲉⲉⲣⲏⲧ ⲛ︦ⲟⲩⲡⲣⲟⲥⲫⲟⲣⲁ ϫⲉ ⲉⲥⲛⲁⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲁⲥϫⲓ ⲟⲩⲧⲣⲓⲙⲏⲥⲓⲟⲛ
9	ⲁⲥϫⲓ ⲧⲡⲣⲟⲥⲫⲟⲣⲁ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲁϥ ⲉⲡⲉ ⲁⲥⲟⲩ︦ⲁ︦ⲙ︦ϥ︦
10	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲁⲓ̈ϫⲓ ⲕⲉⲣ︦ⲧⲁⲃ ⲛ︦ⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲙⲁⲛⲑⲏⲡⲟⲙⲟⲛⲏ ⲉⲁⲥⲏⲣⲭⲣⲓⲁ ⲛⲁϥ ⲙ︦ⲡⲉ
11	ⲕϯ ⲁⲥⲧⲁϩⲟⲓ̈ ⲁⲓ̈ⲧⲁⲁϥ ⲙⲛ︦ⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲙ ⲙⲛ︦ⲧϣⲙⲏⲛⲉ ⲛ︦ϩⲟⲓ̈ⲧⲉ
12	ⲁⲓ̈ⲟⲩⲁϫⲟⲩ ⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲛ︦ⲧⲁϩⲉⲥⲧⲟⲩ ⲙ︦ⲡⲉϥϯⲗⲁⲩⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲛ︦ϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ
13	ϣⲟⲙⲧ︦ ⲛ︦ⲕⲁⲗⲁⲕⲁⲗⲉ ⲁⲓ̈ⲟⲩⲁϫⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲕ ⲛ︦ⲁⲧⲃⲏⲕⲉ
14	ⲥⲟⲉ ⲛ︦ⲗⲟⲧⲏⲝ ⲁⲓ̈ⲟⲩⲁϫⲟⲩ ⲛ︦ⲁⲧⲃⲏⲕⲉ
15	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ︦ⲉⲣϣⲱⲛ ⲛ︦ⲁϩⲟⲟⲩⲱ ⲁⲓⲟⲩⲁϫⲟⲩ ⲛ︦ⲁⲧⲃⲏⲕⲉ
16	ⲥⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ︦ⲡⲣⲏϣ ⲁⲓ̈ⲟⲩⲁϫⲟⲩ ⲛ︦ⲁⲧⲃⲏⲕⲉ
17	ⲙⲏⲧⲉ ⲛ︦ⲗⲓⲧⲣⲁ ⲛ︦ⲕⲁⲣⲕⲏⲣ ⲁⲓⲉⲓⲁϥ ⲛ︦ϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ︦ⲧⲣⲓⲙⲏⲥⲓⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲕ
18	ⲥⲟⲉ ⲛ︦ⲥⲉⲛⲧⲱⲛⲓⲟⲛ ¹σινδόνιον ⲉⲛⲁⲡⲁⲏⲓ̈ ⲛⲉ ⲉⲁⲕⲡⲁⲕⲟⲩ
19	ⲟⲩⲗⲓⲧⲣⲁ ⲛ︦ϣⲓⲁⲓ̈ ⲛⲉⲕ
20	ⲙⲁⲃⲉ ⲛ︦ⲣⲁⲙⲡⲉ ⲉⲁⲕⲁⲁⲩ ⲉⲕϩⲛ︦ ⲡⲏⲓ̈ ⲛ︦ⲁⲧϣϭⲟⲣ

¹ σινδόνιον

1	Six linen garments that I cut out for you free of charge,
2	three mats that I cut out for you in Makaria`s yard,
3	twelve xestes of oil that I received (at) Johannes` place,
4	my butter that my son made, you ate them ¹Should be: it and didn`t (give) me any of them ²Should be: it.

¹ Should be: it
² Should be: it

1	(...)
2	(...)
3	(...) four
4	...(?) three steps (?) that your wife ...?..., I received four keratia of gold
5	in the place of Palenes and (...); you sent to her saying, "Take forty-one biscuits (...)
6	of Petros. I went ...?... . I got four artabe of wheat for your sons
7	in addition to two artabe of grease (?). When your son became ill in his eye,
8	your wife promised a prosphora (offering of food). Because she was going to give that, she received a trimesion.
9	She took the prosphora and (...), she ate it.
10	And, further, I got another artabe of wheat in the place of Hypomone because she needed it and you didn`t
11	give. She met me and I gave it and its tax and the eighteen garments.
12	I cut them out for him working on them (lit. making an effort), and he didn`t give me any of them.
13	Three swathes have I cut out for you free of charge,
14	six blankets have I cut out free of charge,
15	and, further, two cloaks have I cut out free of charge,
16	six mats have I cut out free of charge,
17	ten litres of beer have I washed (?) for four trimesion for you,
18	six linen garments which belonged to my house you tore,
19	one litre of (...) for you,
20	thirty years you have spent in the house without rent (payment).

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
36615	woman	Hypomone	ⲑⲏⲡⲟⲙⲟⲛⲏ	Coptic

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Literature

Clackson, S.J., Four Coptic Papyri from the Petermouthis Archive in the British Library (1995). (mentioned on p.98)

DatasetID	309650
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	47750
Author	Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309650 (= Pap. London, British Library Pap 6809), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.