Tablet Cairo EM 92920

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number	Tablet Cairo EM 92920
Publication Status	published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Aswan / Syene (Swn; Συήνη, סונ, ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲁⲛ) [Trismegistos] Certainty:
Ancient Provenance Details	tomb no. 32
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	archaeological excavation Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Edel, Elmar Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Aswan / Syene
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Belzoni, Giovanni Battista Certainty:

Object

Object Type	tablet
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	This object consists of two big fragments with direct joins. There are also 44 very small pieces which belong to this object. Two larger fragments are mentioned in Edel, Qubbet el Hawa I/1 (2008), 360), but only one of them is pictured. According to Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), pl. 1), this fragment is to be positioned in the lower right part of the second side. Only the stucco of the lower half of the first side and of the right part of the second side is preserved. This object is very damaged and fragile. The lower part of this piece which is made of wood is lost and the left part is partly destroyed. There are three deep indentations of about 6, 8 and 12 cm from top to bottom (Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 311).
Restoration Activities	found broken horizontally in two pieces which were joined during restoration
Comments on Object	- measures according to Edel, Qubbet el Hawa I/1 (2008), 3609. - According to Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 311): 343x210mm

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	two-sided
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	The first text on the first side is completely preserved and the signs are clearly readable. The other texts are not complete and mostly rubbed off so that the reading of the second text is unclear and only some signs of the rest are visible.
Script, Primary	"Mittelhieratische Kanzleischrift"
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian, Classical
Comments on Handwriting	The handwriting of the last line on the second side is different from the rest. The text was either written by a different hand or on a different occasion (Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 311).
Comments on Text Layout	- There are four texts on the first side (Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 311), supposing that the visible line under the first text is the beginning of the second text. Therefore, he counts only three texts. - All texts are probably palimpsest. - The orientation of the texts is varied. With regard to the first text on the first side, the tablet was rotated 180 degrees for the third text and 90 degrees for the fourth text which is written in a vertical position. The scribe has also rotated the tablet 90 degrees to write the lower text of the second side in a vertical position. - The letter (text one on the first side) is composed in one vertical line (column) in which the name and title of the sender is mentioned, and 10 horizontal lines. - First side = Recto (Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985)) = Rückseite (Edel, Qubbet el Hawa I/1 (2008))
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	text 1: 11 text 2: 8+y text 3: x+3	text 1: 9+y+2
Quantity of Columns	x+4: 1	text 2: 1
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	draft for a letter and a list
Text Types	documentary \| letter documentary \| list documentary \| order to arrest
Summary of Content	The first side contains a draft for a letter and a list (either an entry of several items and their quantities (Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985)) or a list of personal names (Edel, Qubbet el Hawa I/1 (2008)). It is not possible to make a definite statement about the exact content of the text due to its fragmentary state.
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

side 1

1	bꜣk n pr-ḏ.t Jy ḏd=f
2	swḏꜣ-jb pw n nb ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb
3	r-n.tt hꜣw nb n nb ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb
4	ꜥḏ wḏꜣ m s.wt=sn nb. w t
5	m ḥs.t n.t H̱nmw ḥr.j-jb ꜣbw ¹The name of Elephantine is written with sign Möller, Paläographie I (1927), no. 505, Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar (1988), no. ..., and without a determinative. See Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 313 for references for this notation.
6	nṯr.w nb.w mj mrr bꜣk-jm
7	swḏꜣ-jb pw n nb ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb
8	ḥr rḏı͗.t jnı͗=tw n=j Pꜣ-ꜥr.t ²According to: Edel, Qubbet el Hawa I/1 (2005), 361
9	swḏꜣ-jb pw ḥr=s
10	swḏꜣ-jb pw n nb ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb
11	nfr sḏm nb ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb

¹ The name of Elephantine is written with sign Möller, Paläographie I (1927), no. 505, Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar (1988), no. ..., and without a determinative. See Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 313 for references for this notation.
² According to: Edel, Qubbet el Hawa I/1 (2005), 361

side 1

1	kmt
2	ḥnw 6
3	Nbw-ḥr-rḏı͗.t 5 nbw ḥr ꜥ(ꜣ)t 5 ¹The reading is unclear and the translations of Haikal and Edel differ from each other. In the following, all possibilities are given – firstly the suggestion of Edel, Qubbet el Hawa I/1 (2005), 362f., and then the reading of Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 314f.
4	Nfr-ꜥnq.t (or: ꜥnq.t-nfr .t ) 2 ꜥnd 2
5	Tj-bjnt (or: Tꜣ-bjnt ) 4 jbr 3
6	? qꜣj 4
7	? ḫt
8	²Only traces are visible.

¹ The reading is unclear and the translations of Haikal and Edel differ from each other. In the following, all possibilities are given – firstly the suggestion of Edel, Qubbet el Hawa I/1 (2005), 362f., and then the reading of Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 314f.
² Only traces are visible.

side 1

1	The servant of the House-of-eternity Iy, &lt;he> says:
2	A communication ¹Lit. "Gladdening of your heart“ is it to the Lord, life, prosperity (and) health
3	about the fact that all affairs of the Lord, life, prosperity (and) health
4	are safe and sound in all their places
5	(and) in the favor of Khnum of Elephantine
6	(and) all gods, as your servant-there desires.
7	A communication is it to the Lord, life, prosperity (and) health
8	In order to cause to be brought to me Paaret ²Rubbed off black traces are visible after this word but it is unsure if they belong to a determinative. Due to the missing determinative, the reading is unclear. According to Edel, Qubbet el-Hawa I/1 (2005), 361, it also is possible to translate pꜣꜥrt-Geflügel or pꜣꜥrt-drugs. Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 312, reads pꜥrt-wood.
9	A communication is it concerning it.
10	A communication [is it] to the [Lord], [life, prosperity (and) health]
11	May the hearing of the Lord, life, [prosperity (and) health], be good ³According to: Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 312. Edel, Qubbet el-Hawa I/1 (2005), 361, reads: “(und) gut ist es meinen Herrn LHG zu hören”.

¹ Lit. "Gladdening of your heart“
² Rubbed off black traces are visible after this word but it is unsure if they belong to a determinative. Due to the missing determinative, the reading is unclear. According to Edel, Qubbet el-Hawa I/1 (2005), 361, it also is possible to translate pꜣꜥrt-Geflügel or pꜣꜥrt-drugs. Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 312, reads pꜥrt-wood.
³ According to: Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 312. Edel, Qubbet el-Hawa I/1 (2005), 361, reads: “(und) gut ist es meinen Herrn LHG zu hören”.

side 1

1	Payment of ?
2	Bunches of ḥn 6
3	Nebuhorredit 5 / gold and semi-precious stones 5 (jars)
4	Neferanket (or: Anket-neferet) 2 / ꜥnd-ointment 2
5	Tibinet (or: Tabinet) 4 / perfumed resin 3
6	? / qꜣj-liquor 4
7	? / wood
8	?

Places (read out from edition)

ꜣbw (places.xml#s3)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
11965	man	Iy	Jy	pre-Coptic Egyptian

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
12th dynasty					paleography; formulae of the letter, and the name of the sender: early 12. dynasty as the latest date (According to: Haikal, Hieratic Tablet (1985), 311);

Literature

DatasetID	311117
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 311117 (= Tablet Cairo EM 92920), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.