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Pap. London, British Library Pap 6943 (12)

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Collection

Inventory Number	Pap. London, British Library Pap 6943 (12)
Publication Number	BASP 32, Nr.2
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Finder (= First Purchaser)	de Rustafjaell, Robert Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Aswan / Syene
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:
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Junker, Hermann Certainty:

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Range of Preservation	incomplete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	verso
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	parallel
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Some lacunae and hardly visible letters.
Script, Primary	Coptic
Language, Primary	Coptic
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines		8
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Ancient Archives	private archive \| Patermouthis
Text Types	documentary documentary \| dept instrument
Summary of Content	Document concerning a debt owed to Patermouthis. Non-legal, as there are no signatories or witnesses. The piece possibly belonged together with BL Or. 6943(11), but since the present piece makes sense on its own, the relationship between the two texts is unclear.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Christianity

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1	ϯ ϩⲁⲛ ⲱⲛⲙⲏⲧ ⲛ︦ϩⲟⲗ
2	ⲕ,ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕⲟⲧⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲡⲁⲣⲁ ⲟⲩⲧⲉⲣⲙⲏⲥⲓⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲙⲁⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲣ
3	ⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲁⲡⲁⲓ̈ⲱⲧ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩⲉ
4	ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛ︦ⲧϥ︦ⲱⲣϫ ⲟⲛ ϩⲁⲡⲁⲥⲫⲁⲗⲉⲥ ⲛ︦ⲡⲃⲧⲟ
5	ⲟⲩ ⲛ︦ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕ,ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕⲟⲧⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲧⲉⲕⲭⲣⲉⲱⲥⲧⲉⲓ ⲛ︦ⲙⲟϥ ⲛ︦
6	ⲡⲃⲟⲗ ⲛ︦ⲡⲓⲙⲏⲧ ⲡⲁⲣⲁ ⲟⲩⲧⲣⲓⲙⲏⲥⲓⲟⲛ
7	ϩⲁ ⲓ̈ⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲃⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ︦ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕ,ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕⲟⲧⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ϩⲛ︦ⲡⲕⲟⲓⲛⲟ
8	ϩⲁⲧⲉϥ︦ⲙⲛ︦ⲧ ⲁⲧⲟ

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1	(...) ten solidi
2	less a tremissis. Patermoute does not have (a share ?)
3	in them or anything belonging to my father
4	and he has been assured furthermore concerning the security of the four
5	solidi which you owe him
6	from this ten less tremissis.
7	From Johannes four solidi in/from the koinon(...?)
8	for its/his...

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
30520	man	Aurelius / Flavius Patermouthis, son of Menas (alias Benne) and the mother Tsia	Αὐρηλίῳ Πατερμουθίῳ Μηνᾶτος…… (), ⲡⲁⲧⲉⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

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Literature

Clackson, S.J., Four Coptic Papyri from the Petermouthis Archive in the British Library (1995). (Nr. 2)
Hasitzka, Monika, Koptisches Sammelbuch III (2006). (1394)
Porten, Bezalel, The Elephantine Papyri in English: Three Millennia of Cross-Cultural Continuity and Change (1996). (E2)

DatasetID	309653
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	47743
Author	Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 309653 (= Pap. London, British Library Pap 6943 (12)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.