Pap. London, British Library Pap 1793 verso

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Inventory Number	Pap. London, British Library Pap 1793 verso
Publication Number	Crum ST 439
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine / Syene () [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 1907 and
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	de Rustafjaell, Robert Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Junker, Hermann Certainty: high

Object Type	papyrus
Dating of Object	6th cent. CE
Criteria for Dating	Date in papyrus (Greek side)
Range of Preservation	complete
State of Preservation	The surface of the papyrus on the ↑ side seems to be abraded and damaged at the vertical foldlines, and a hole interrupts the lower centre.

Localization of Text on Object	verso
Text-Localization, Addendum	on recto a Greek text
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	perpendicular (verso)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
Script, Primary	Coptic
Language, Primary	Coptic
Comments on Text Layout	On the recto there is a Greek text, on verso a Coptic.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines		14+x
Quantity of Columns		1
Height of Line / Letter

Text Types	documentary documentary \| account
Summary of Content	(↑ side of the papyrus) Account (logos) of objects deposited as security. The text originates in Hermonthis, the Theban village Petemout is mentioned. This, and also texts P.Lond.V 1719-1721 belonged to a family from Thebes / Hermonthis, but the text was found on Elephantine, because the family or a member thereof probably moved there. On the recto (→) there is a Greek text with a receipt for the full price of an ear-ring deposited as security for a debt. The family members were probably pawnbrokers.
Location of Composition	Hermonthis Upper Egypt, 4th nome Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language

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1	ⲡⲗⲟⲅⲟⲥ ⲛ︦ⲧⲟⲥ ⲡ
2	ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲥⲟⲟⲩ
3	ⲛ︦ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕ,ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕⲟⲧⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲩⲉ ϫⲉ
4	ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲏϩ ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲛⲉ
5	ϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ ⲙ︦ⲡⲟϭⲉ ⲟⲩϣⲱⲡ ⲛ︦ϩⲁⲧ
6	ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ︦ϫⲓⲛϩⲟⲙⲛ︦ⲧ
7	ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲕⲁⲛⲏ ⲃⲁⲣⲱⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ̈
8	ⲟⲩⲏϩ ϩⲛ︦ⲁⲩ ⲕⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ
9	ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲏϩ ⲁⲁ ⲧⲙⲏⲥⲉ ⲉⲧⲉ
10	ⲟⲩϩⲟⲗⲟⲕ,ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕⲟⲧⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ︦ⲥⲟ ⲛ︦ⲕⲉⲣⲁⲧⲥⲉ
11	ⲛⲉⲩⲱⲛⲉ ⲛⲁⲟⲩⲛ︦ⲯⲓⲥ ⲛ︦ⲉⲓⲁ
12	ϭⲓϫ ⲟⲩⲁⲣⲏϩⲟⲙⲛ︦ⲧ
13	ⲟⲩϫⲓⲛ︦ ϩⲟⲙⲛ︦ⲧ ϣⲏⲙ
14	ⲟⲩⲕⲛ︦ϫⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲕⲉⲣⲁⲡⲧⲏⲥ
15	ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲙⲟⲟⲩ

1	The account of the (...)
2	Petemout: six
3	solidi; the (...)
4	which are deposited, these are they:
5	eight pieces, a purse (?) of silver,
6	two bronze things,
7	a bronze pan; these are
8	deposited in (...) you know.
9	Those deposited (...) the interest which is
10	a solidus and six keratia;
11	... nine ...
12	hand; a ... of bronze;
13	a little bronze thing;
14	a copper article, a ...
15	...?...

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DatasetID	310560
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Andrea Hasznos
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 310560 (= Pap. London, British Library Pap 1793 verso), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Andrea Hasznos.