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Pap. Berlin P. 23227

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number Pap. Berlin P. 23227
Current Location magazine | papyrus depository
Comments on Inventory The papyrus is distributed on four glass plates.
Publication Permission Status permission for publication assigned
Publication Status unpublished

Origin / Provenance

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

Object

Object Type papyrus | roll
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation The papyrus is preserved in 81 fragments and two groups of fragments without direct joins (two groups on plate A, three fragments on plate B, 39 fragments on plate C and 39 fragments on plate D). Many fragments are pieces from the lower papyrus margin. Moreover fragment b of plate A is part of the left end of the papyrus scroll. The text is written on the recto only.
Mounting framed under glass

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) parallel
Inks and Pigments carbon ink bichrome
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) The text is very fragmentary. Forty-seven of these fragments are blank, 28 of them show only ink traces or a few signs and six of them have a more comprehensive and informative inscription. Mainly the lower parts of some columns are preserved. The end of the text is on fragment b of plate A.
Script, Primary "Neuhieratische Buchschrift"
Language, Primary Middle Egyptian, Classical
Comments on Handwriting The text was written with a broad rush. The handwriting is clear, careful and regular, nearly calligraphic. At one point, the scribe corrected a mistake and deleted a word.
Comments on Text Layout Six of nine rubra contain the particle jr. It is not possible to make a statement about the other rubra due to the fragmentary state. There are different text styles: a list with ditto-signs and narrative as well as commentary passages are recognizable. The handwriting shows that the texts were written by the same scribe. At one point, the scribe drew a black line to mark the beginning of a new column. Quantity of lines of the fragments which have a more comprehensive and informative inscription: Fr. a of pl. A: two columns with five lines each (x+5) Fr. b of pl. A: five lines (x+5) Fr. a of pl. B: two columns with seven lines each (x+7) Fr. b of pl. B: three lines (x+3) Fr. c of pl. B: three lines (x+3) translated Fr. of pl. C: three lines (x+3)
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines see: comments on Text Layout -
Quantity of Columns -
Line Lenght (in mm) 80170
Column Height (in mm) 0
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title "Kulttopografie"
Summary of Content The text on fragment b of plate A explains the origin of a typical feast in Herakleopolis, which is called "raising of the nms(-headcloth)". The mythical sequences established a relationship to the victory of Osiris over Seth. In this version Harsaphes takes the place of Osiris. In addition, the action of honing of the earth is mentioned and refers to the defeat of Seth. In other parts of the text different gods play a role in connection with a temple, offerings or their main cult place.
Location of Composition unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
Pl. A, Frg. a
R

x+I
x+1 n.w jr Ḥw.t-Hr
x+2nb.t ꜥnḫ-tꜣ.wj Wsjr pw jr Ptḥ rsj jnb
x+3=f Ḥr pw jr rf nn Ptḥ.w n.tjw
x+4m Ḥw.t-kꜣ-Ptḥ twt.w pw ꜥnḫ.w
x+5n.w nn nṯr.w wꜣḏ m Ḥw.t-kꜣ-Pt
x+II
x+1 jr Ḥw.t-Ḥr
x+2ḥw.t .t pw ḥtp.t ḥr sbḫ.t=f m
x+3n nb.t ḥtp.t jr ꜥ n p.t m sqd.t ḫꜣs.t
x+4 jm pw wnm nswt tꜥ.w ḥ n q.t n Ḥw.t-Ḥr
x+5 sp-sn ꜥḥꜥ Ḥw.t-Ḥr ḏd.n ꜣs.t nṯr.t ḫft n.t
Pl. A, Frg. b
R

x+1 9 pw n sp.w qrs jr Ḥr.j-š=f m Nn-nswt
x+2rdı͗ ḥr sꜣtw ꜥtḫ .w jr rꜣ n wꜥb.t=f ḥtp šs ḥtp jr ḫbꜣs tꜣ m Nn-nswt
x+3ꜥq Stẖ pw wn.jn fnḏ=f ḫdı͗.w m ḥw.t ꜥꜣ.t nt.t m Nn-nswt ꜥḥꜥ.n
x+4ḫbꜣs bw-nb.t wn=f jm ꜥḥꜥ.n fꜣı͗ .w nms.w pw r ḥbsw st
x+5ḫpr fꜣ.t nms.w pw m Nn-nswt jr ḥqꜣ m-ḫnt Nn-nswt


Pl. B, Frg. a
R

x+I
x+1
x+2 ꜣ.t -,,-unknwon
x+3 ḥtp.t -,,-unknown
x+4 -,,-unknown
x+5Jwnw -,,-unknown
x+6 sqd.wt ? -,,-unknown
x+7 n.w -,,-unknown
x+II
x+1 n.w
x+2Ḥr jrı͗.n j
x+3ḥꜣp.w
x+4Šsmw
x+5Ḥp.wj
x+6j pn
x+7
Pl. B, Frg. b
R

x+1
x+2 n wꜣ
x+3jr jsnr pw jnı͗.n mw.t=f
Pl. B, Frg. c
R

x+1
x+2 n mḥ 46
x+3 .tw=f ḥr=s wšr.t
Pl. C, Frg.
R

x+1 n Stẖ
x+2 ḥnꜥ=j r wꜣḏ-wr
x+3 jr st.t
Pl. A, Frg. a
R

x+I
x+1[///] As to Hat[hor] [///]
x+2all/every [///] of Ankhtawi, it is Osiris. As to Ptah, south of his wall,
x+3it is Horus. As to these Ptah-gods who
x+4are in Memphis, they are the living [ima]ges
x+5of these young gods [in] Memphis.
x+II
x+1[///] [As] to [Hathor] [///]
x+2temple [///] is it who 1f. is contented with his portal in [///]
x+3[///], the lady of offerings. As to the condition of the sky in sailing the foreign country [///]
x+4there . [///] is it. The King consumes bread and beer of Hathor [///]
x+5[///] twice, while Hathor stands up. [Isis], the goddess, spoke in front of [///]

1 f.
Pl. A, Frg. b
R

x+1nine [///] of the [bur]ial are it. As to Harsaphes in Herakleopolis [///]
x+2[///] to be given on the ground, to be sieved. As to [the spell] of what he purifies, (namely) cloth offering and meal offering. As to the hoeing of the earth in Herakleopolis,
x+3so it was that Seth entered. Then his nose ran 1I. e. his nose was bloody / snotty. in the temple which is in Herakleopolis. Then
x+4everybody hoed while he 2I. e. Seth was there. Then nms-clothes were raised up is it in order to cover it 3I. e. Seths buried nasal secretion..
x+5The origin of the raising of the nms(-headcloth) in Herakleopolis was it. As to the ruler in the face of Herakleopolis.

1 I. e. his nose was bloody / snotty.
2 I. e. Seth
3 I. e. Seths buried nasal secretion.
Pl. B, Frg. a
R

x+I
x+1[///]
x+2[///] -,,-
x+3[///] [offer]ing -,,-
x+4[///] -,,-
x+5[///] Heliopolis -,,-
x+6[///] [sai]ling -,,-
x+7[///] -,,-
x+II
x+1[///]
x+2Horus; made [///]
x+3hidden [///]
x+4Shesemu [///]
x+5Hepui [///]
x+6[///]
x+7[///]
Pl. B, Frg. b
R

x+1[///]
x+2[///]
x+3[///] [As to] the jsr-scepter ⟦was it⟧ which his mother brought [///]
Pl. B, Frg. c
R

x+1[///]
x+2[///] of 46 cubits [///]
x+3[///] he/it was [///] on it/therefore. That which withers [///]
Pl. C, Frg.
R

x+1[///] Seth
x+2[///] together with me to the [se]a
x+3[///] As to the shoot
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Places (read out from edition)
  • ꜥnḫ-tꜣ.wj (places.xml#s76)
  • Ḥw.t-kꜣ-Ptḥ (places.xml#s14)
  • Ḥw.t-kꜣ-ḥ (places.xml#s14)
  • - (places.xml#s78)
  • Nn-nswt (places.xml#s78)
  • Nn-nswt (places.xml#s78)
  • -nswt (places.xml#s78)
  • Nn-nswt (places.xml#s78)
  • Jwnw (places.xml#s79)
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    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Second Intermediate Period - New Kingdom palaeographical dating;

     

    Pictures

    P_23227-Pl-C_R_001
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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 310593
    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 310593 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23227), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.