Pap. Berlin P. 23058
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 23058 |
| Current Location |
magazine | papyrus depository |
| Comments on Inventory |
The fragments e+f = Pap. Berlin P. 23212a+b; According to Quack, Traumbücher (2010), 104, Frg. c does not belong to the other fragments due to the ductus. |
| Publication Permission Status |
no permission for publication necessary |
| Publication Status |
published |
Origin / Provenance
| Ancient Provenance Site |
Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high |
| Ancient Provenance Details |
Ashmunein (Quack, Traumbücher, 104) |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
six fragments without direct joins |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
recto |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) |
parallel (recto) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink polychrome black and red |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
Frg. a contains the end of some lines of a column and the beginning of some lines of the following column.
Only parts of a few lines are preserved on the other fragments. |
| Script, Primary |
"Späthieratische Buchschrift" |
| Language, Primary |
Middle Egyptian, Late |
| Comments on Handwriting |
- According to Quack, Traumbücher (2010), 104), the ductus of Frg. c is different than of the one of the other fragments.
- influences of Demotic |
| Comments on Text Layout |
The lengths of the lines are not equal.
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
Frg. a: col. X+I: x+3+y+2+z
Col. x+II: x+7+y
Frg. b: x+6+y
Frg. c: x+2+y
Frg. d: x+2+y
Frg. e: x+4+y |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Fragements of a "Book of Dream" |
| Ancient Archives |
(Uncertain) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
It is not possible to make a definite statement about the exact content of the text on the verso due to the fragmentary state. It is likely that these fragments are pieces of a “Book of Dream”. |
| Location of Composition |
unknown (in Upper Egypt) Upper Egypt Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
Frg. a
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col. x+I | |
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x+1 | | =f |
x+2 | |
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x+3 | | ky rꜥ jw=w nrj n=f mdw.w |
x+4 | | [nf]r.t ḫpr n=f jw=w ḏj [n]=f|
x+5 | | |
x+6 | | 18|
x+7 | | =f pw jn nṯr=f|
x+8 | |
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x+II | |
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x+1 | | ḥr dwꜣ-nṯr jn |
x+2 | | jw=w ꜣw=f n ḫf.t.j.w n |
x+3 | | nsw wnm.t nb(.t) ntj.w m-bꜣḥ=f|
x+4 | | mtw=f sṯꜣ r pꜣj |
x+5 | | [[...]] pꜣ ntj ḥwꜣ
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x+6 | | jw=f ḥnꜥ nsw ḥr wry.t |
x+7 | | jw ḥ ḥnꜥ nsw
Frg. b
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x+1 | |
=f jw=w ṯꜣj n=f |
x+2 | |
rḏ.t ḫyš=f m jꜣw.t|
x+3 | |
rḏ.t n=f mr[y.t ...]|
x+4 | |
nḥs.w |
x+5 | | [... nḥ]s.w jṯj|
x+6 | | nrj
Frg. c
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x+1 | |
pw jn nṯr=f|
x+2 | |
mtw.w pw jm=f ḫrwy
Frg. d
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x+1 | |
=f ꜥnḫ nꜥwꜣ|
x+2 | |
ḫf.t.j.w=f
Frg. f
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x+1 | | [j:]jrj |
x+2 | | [j:]jrj |
x+3 | | [j:jrj pꜣ |
x+4 | | j:jrj pꜣ |
x+5 | |
j:jrj pꜣ |
x+6 | | [j:jrj] mtw.w
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Frg. a
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x+I | |
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x+1 | |
his/him |
x+2 | |
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x+3 | |
variant(?): One will save for him an issue|
x+4 | |
[something go]od will happen to him, one will give him |
x+5 | |
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x+6 | |
18|
x+7 | |
that means him on behalf of his god.|
x+8 | | |
x+II | |
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x+1 | |
while worshipping the god by |
x+2 | |
one will him of the enemies of at |
x+3 | | king of all meal which he has before him |
x+4 | | and he proceeds to take |
x+5 | | [[...]] the one who throws, one will be hard(?) while |
x+6 | | When he is on the chariot with the king |
x+7 | | When [he] punshes(?) with the king
Frg. b
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x+1 | |
his/him One will take for him |
x+2 | |
cause that he will be exalted in [his] position|
x+3 | |
[slaughtering block]. To give him popularity .|
x+4 | |
Nubian |
x+5 | |
Nubia - Take |
x+6 | | shudders.
Frg. c
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x+1 | |
that means by his god.|
x+2 | |
that means that dead men on him, enmity |
x+3 | | his town(?) by enemies, |
x+4 | | means . variant: he will be great in life(?)
Frg. d
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x+1 | |
he lives b robb[ery ...]|
x+2 | |
his enemy.
Frg. f
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x+1 | | [Wh]en(?) |
x+2 | | [W]hen(?) |
x+3 | | [W]hen the |
x+4 | | When the |
x+5 | | When the |
x+6 | | When the dead man
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Dates
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Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty) |
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30th dynasty (According to: Burkard & Fischer-Elfert (1994), 12 and Quack, Traumbücher (2010), 105); |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
311084 |
| 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 311084 (= Pap. Berlin P. 23058), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |
