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Persons & Deities

Pap. Strasbourg, Institut d'Égyptologie Ca

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Pap. Strasbourg, Institut d'Égyptologie Ca
Publication Status	unpublished

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty:
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	purchase Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	(unknown) Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Luxor
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Grossherzog Friedrich August (II.) von Oldenburg Certainty:

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	The papyrus is preserved in two fragments with direct join. All margins are damaged.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto/verso
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	The recto contains six columns. On the verso are seven columns. The top and the bottom of each column are lost.
Script, Primary	Old Hieratic
Language, Primary	Old Egyptian
Comments on Text Layout	The text is composed in vertical lines (columns). The space between the columns and the width of the quadrats are irregular. There is a space below the fourth column on the verso.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Columns	6	7

Text Content

Modern Title	Letter
Ancient Archives	private archive \| family archive of nomarchs
Text Types	documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	The content of this letter is incomprehensible due to its fragmentary state. Travelling is mentioned repeatedly. War probably plays a role in the travel, because weapons or warriors are noted.
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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R

x+1	ḫntj
x+2	jw sꜣ Ḫꜣy
x+3	dꜣ ꜥḥꜣ d.t
x+4	=k ḏr-n.tt
x+5	f n js m
x+6	m ḫd ḥnꜥ

V

vso.x+1	jḫ jb.w
vso. x+2	ꜣy js
vso. x+3	jw sẖꜣ.w=k
vso. x+4	n=sn
vso. x+5
vso. x+6	m ḫsf
vso. x+7	m-ḫd

R

x+1	[///] travel southwards [///]
x+2	[///] son of Khai [///] [///]
x+3	[///] you [///] ? weapons/warrior; throw [///]
x+4	[///] because [///]
x+5	[///]
x+6	[///] (travel) northwards together with [///] V
vso. x+1	[///] hearts/wishes [///]
vso. x+2	[///]
vso. x+3	[///] your-scribe ¹I.e. "you".
vso. x+4	[///]
vso. x+5	[///]
vso. x+6	[///]
vso. x+7	[///] (travel) northwards

¹ I.e. "you".

Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
11055	man	[///] son of Khai[///]	[///] sꜣ Ḫꜣy[///]	(none)

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
06th dynasty				-2347 BCE -2170 BCE	paleography; the mention of Old Kingdom royal names (Merenre, Pepi II.) on other fragments from this archive; Sneferu (4th dynasty) and Sekhemkare (8th dynasty) are also mentioned;

Literature

Hafemann, Ingelore, pStraßburg Ca, Brieffragment (2017). ()
Möller, Georg & Gardiner, Alan H., Hieratische Papyrus aus den Königlichen Museen zu Berlin: Schriftstücke der VI. Dynastie aus Elephantine: Zaubersprüche für Mutter und Kind (1911). (pls. VIII-VIIIb)
Möller, Georg, Hieratische Paläographie I. Bis zum Beginn der achtzehnten Dynastie (1927). (10-11)

DatasetID	311061
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 311061 (= Pap. Strasbourg, Institut d'Égyptologie Ca), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.