Pap. Berlin P. 10454

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 10454
Current Location	magazine \| papyrus depository
Comments on Inventory	This object is on one glass plate together with Pap. Berlin P. 10453 and Pap. Berlin P.10455.
Publication Status	unpublished

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: unknown
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty: unknown
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors) Certainty: unknown
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: unknown
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Borchardt, Ludwig Certainty:

Object Type	papyrus
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	one fragment with holes and breaks whose upper margin is complete

Localization of Text on Object	recto
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink polychrome black and red
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	The beginnings and ends of the lines are lost. The rest of the text is damaged in form of large breaks and holes. The large upper margin shows that the first preserved line is the first line of this column.
Script, Primary	"Späthieratische Buchschrift"
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	20+y

Modern Title	medical text
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	scientific \| medicine
Summary of Content	This object contains diagnosis and treatment instructions. For instance, toothache and complaints of the bladder are mentioned as symptoms. Examination of the ear and the temporal are also noted. (According to: Burkard & Fischer-Elfert: VOHD 19,4 (1994), 219)
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Script = Language Monolingual
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Transcription

Translation

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1	[///] ...? useful things. Eliminate them [///]
2	[///] chew at the moment [///]
3	[///] his [///] You shall put ...? on [///]
4	[///] his roots. The body [///]
5	[///] Eliminate them [///]
6	[///]
7	[///] his [///] Give ...? in her/his inside [///]
8	[///] which ...? in his/her inside. Drive away [///]
9	[///] The body in his [///]. And give his/ cause that he ...? [///]
10	[///] he/his [///]
11	[///] teeth like [///]
12	[///] fall to the ground in the teeth. Look at tthe ear [///]
13	[///] to his water. As to his water: Give [///]
14	[///] ...? Look at the temporal ...? swelling [///]
15	[///] As to his water: You shall ...? it/him in [///]
16	[///] of it [///] to his face. You shall not give [///]
17	[///]
18	[///] You shall not [///]
19	[///] of the pull [///]
20	[///] to the ground [///]

P_10454_R_001

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RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
30th dynasty					paleography (According to: Burkard & Fischer-Elfert: VOHD 19,4 (1994), 219);

P_10454_R_001

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DatasetID	310589
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 310589 (= Pap. Berlin P. 10454), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.