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Pap. London, British Library Pap 1793 verso

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Metadata

Collection

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

Origin / Provenance

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

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.

Text Basic Information

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 Content

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

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
V
1ⲡⲗⲟⲅⲟⲥ ⲛ︦ⲧⲟⲥ ⲡ
2ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲥⲟⲟⲩ
3ⲛ︦ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕ,ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕⲟⲧⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲛⲉϩⲟⲩⲉ ϫⲉ
4ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲏϩ ⲛⲁⲓ̈ ⲛⲉ
5ϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ ⲙ︦ⲡⲟϭⲉ ⲟⲩϣⲱⲡ ⲛ︦ϩⲁⲧ
6ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲛ︦ϫⲓⲛϩⲟⲙⲛ︦ⲧ
7ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲕⲁⲛⲏ ⲃⲁⲣⲱⲧ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ̈
8ⲟⲩⲏϩ ϩⲛ︦ⲁⲩ ⲕⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ
9ⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲏϩ ⲁⲁ ⲧⲙⲏⲥⲉ ⲉⲧⲉ
10ⲟⲩϩⲟⲗⲟⲕ,ϩⲟⲗⲟⲕⲟⲧⲧⲓⲛⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ︦ⲥⲟ ⲛ︦ⲕⲉⲣⲁⲧⲥⲉ
11ⲛⲉⲩⲱⲛⲉ ⲛⲁⲟⲩⲛ︦ⲯⲓⲥ ⲛ︦ⲉⲓⲁ
12ϭⲓϫ ⲟⲩⲁⲣⲏϩⲟⲙⲛ︦ⲧ
13ⲟⲩϫⲓⲛ︦ ϩⲟⲙⲛ︦ⲧ ϣⲏⲙ
14ⲟⲩⲕⲛ︦ϫⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲕⲉⲣⲁⲡⲧⲏⲥ
15ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲕ ⲟⲩⲙⲁⲙⲟⲟⲩ
V
1The account of the (...)
2Petemout: six
3solidi; the (...)
4which are deposited, these are they:
5eight pieces, a purse (?) of silver,
6two bronze things,
7a bronze pan; these are
8deposited in (...) you know.
9Those deposited (...) the interest which is
10a solidus and six keratia;
11... nine ...
12hand; a ... of bronze;
13a little bronze thing;
14a 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.