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| Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. 15784 |
| Current Location | magazine | papyrus depository |
| Publication Permission Status | (unknown) |
| Publication Status | published |
| 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 | (unknown) Certainty: |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) | (unknown) Certainty: |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt | unknown |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt | Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution | (unknown) |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) | Borchardt, Ludwig Certainty: |
| Object Type | papyrus |
| Dating of Object | unknown |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | The papyrus consists of two non joining fragments. The beginning (Pap. Berlin P. 15784, a+b) and the end (Pap. Berlin P. 10469) of the papyrus are preserved. slight damage on top and at the bottom |
| Comments on Object | papyrus stripe |
| Localization of Text on Object | verso | |
| Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
| Range of Preservation (Text) | complete | |
| Script, Primary | Late Hieratic | |
| Language, Primary | Middle Egyptian | |
| Language, additional A | Later Egyptian | |
| Comments on Handwriting | "in ausgewogener, großer Schrift" (Kaplony-Heckel, VOHD 19,3 (1986), 96) | |
| Comments on Text Layout | The text holds a small and consistent distance to the right edge. There is a broad space between the vignette and the left margin. | |
| Existing Pictorial Elements | The vignette on Pap. Berlin P. 10469 shows three figures: 1. The one on the right is only partly preserved. Only a human face and the top of the torso are visible. 2. Figure one is followed by a standing cow, in itse horns is sitting a falcon-headed boy with solar disk and uraeus on his head. In front of the forelegs and behind the cow there are undefinable signs above the line of position. 3. A standing hybrid creature holds the tail of the cow. Its very thin arms and its chest and belly are human. The head resembles that of a pig or a crocodile. In addition, the creature has a bird tail and horns. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 3 | |
| Height of Line / Letter | ||
| Modern Title | An amulet for the protection of pregnancy |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
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| Summary of Content | an amulet for the protection of pregnancy invocation to heaven, earth, water and gods to protect the fetus in the belly a variant of Pap. Brooklyn 47.218.2, col. x+3.1‒4 |
| Location of Composition | unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
| Gender | Woman |
| Comment on Gender | pregnant woman whose unborn child has to be protected |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
| Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||||
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| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 9910 | woman | Tapamedou | Tj-pꜣ-mdw | Egyptian |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| Ptolemaic dynasty | not earlier than Saite Period; probably Ptolemaic dynasty (According to: Fischer-Elfert, Magika Hieratika (2005), 147); |
| DatasetID | 311049 |
| 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 311049 (= Pap. Berlin P. 15784), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |
