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| Inventory Number | Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.50 |
| Current Location | New York, Brooklyn Museum |
| Comments on Inventory | The unrolled packets of papyrus and the fragments of the metal boxes found in a trunk (see provenience) were inventoried by Cooney under the inventory number 47.218.xxx, which contains 158 units. (Guermeur, Le papyrus hiératique iatromagique (2015–2016), 13–16). This object is distributed on three glass plates (a-c). (According to: Brooklyn Museum, Confirmation (2017)) Bequest of Miss Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour. |
| Publication Permission Status | permission for publication upon enquiry only |
| Publication Status | published |
| Ancient Provenance Site | Heliopolis (Iwnw; Ελιου Πόλις) [Trismegistos] Certainty: medium |
| Ancient Provenance Details | probably from a temple's library. Container marked “4 SM. Roll”. Not known, probablyElephantine. |
| Ancient Provenance District | Lower Egypt, 13th nome (Heliopolites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery | purchase Certainty: high |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) | “Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour.”
Certainty: high |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt | Elephantine |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt | Lower Egypt, 13th nome (Heliopolites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution | bequest |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution | between 1947 and 1947 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | “Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour.”
Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) | (not relevant) Certainty: high |
| Object Type | papyrus |
| Range of Preservation | incomplete |
| State of Preservation | Roll of papyrus. The lower part is evenly damaged. There are small fragments wtihout direct joins, but their positioning relative to the first and second column is clear. In addition, there are damages at the right margin and the right upper part. Dimensions: Overall: 9 13/16 × 76 3/8 in. (25 × 194 cm) a: Glass: 14 3/16 x 27 9/16 in. (36 x 70 cm) a: Largest Fragment: 10 5/8 x 19 11/16 in. (27 x 50 cm) b: Frame: 14 7/16 x 31 5/8 in. (36.7 x 80.4 cm) b: Object: 9 7/16 x 28 9/16 in. (23.9 x 72.6 cm) c: Glass: 13 3/4 x 32 5/16 in. (35 x 82 cm) c: Object: 10 1/16 x 28 3/16 in. (25.5 x 71.6 cm) |
| Comments on Object | Measurement of the two boxes and the glass plates according to Brooklyn Museum, Confirmation (2017): Largest fragment of Pl. a: 270 x 500 mm Frg. of Pl. b: 239 x 726 mm Frg. of Pl. c: 255 x 716 mm Measurements: height, 26.6 cm. Dimensions: h. range of 22‑25 cm. ; l. 194 cm. |
| Localization of Text on Object | (unknown/uncertain) | |
| Inks and Pigments | type unclear polychrome black and red | |
| Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
| State of Preservation (Text) | Condition: Relatively good. One end very fragile and breaking. Beginning of roll is blank and so document may be intact. Can be opened with safety and mounted. Unrolled and mounted by Serge Sauneron in 1966. Twenty columns of between twenty and twenty-seven lines of text. Hieratic text comprising the annual renewal of Egyptian kingship. Description: twenty columns of text with line numbers ranging from twenty to twenty-seven, composed in black and red ink. The text has been interpreted as a ritual used for the renewal of kingship at the time of the Egyptian New Year. The text contains many mythological allusions, some clearly understood, others less so. | |
| Script, Primary | Late Hieratic | |
| Language, Primary | Late Egyptian | |
| Specialities in Writing Direction | There is one vertical line between columne 14 and 15. | |
| Comments on Handwriting | Inscribed in Hieratic in red and black. | |
| Comments on Text Layout | col. 1: 22 lines col. 2: 22 lines col. 3: 22 lines col. 4: 23 lines col. 5: 25 lines col. 6: 24 lines col. 7: 22 lines col. 8: 25 lines col. 9: 26 lines col. 10: 26 lines col. 11: 24 lines col. 12: 27 lines col. 13: 26 lines 1 line (header) col. 14: 25 lines 1 vertical line col. 15: 25 lines col. 16: 18 lines col. 17: 25 lines The columns 14, 15 and 16 are subsumed under one headline. In front of these columns, there are notes written in red. The lines of the most columns differ in length and the columns vary in their width. Only the first three columns and column 13 as well as 17 are not lists. | |
| recto | verso | |
| Quantity of Lines | 409 | |
| Quantity of Columns | 17 | |
| Modern Title | Confirmation of Royal Power at the New Year Papyrus |
| Ancient Archives | (Uncertain) |
| Ancient Author of Text | (Unknown) |
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| Summary of Content | This papyrus contains rituals in favor of the king, but gives very often only the beginning of the corresponding recitations. The first ritual scenes have to be done at every feast of the earth and refer to the cleaning, anointment and clothing of the king. The following ritual scenes are more specific as they ensure the heritage of the king. The Egyptian New Year was linked to the annual flood of the Nile, which renewed the land's life, and to the accession to the throne of Egypt's kings. It was also believed to be a time when malign forces might threaten the required cyclical renewal of the divine order (Ma`at) that governed the universe. Its text reveals it to be a guide for use by the priest directing ceremonies protecting the king from the dangers of the end of the year and consecrating the inauguration of a new year of prosperous rule. The text has been interpreted as a ritual used for the renewal of kingship at the time of the Egyptian New Year. The text contains many mythological allusions, some clearly understood, others less so. Papyrus roll, probably from a temple's library. |
| Comments on Text | The text is older: the comments of the rituals are written in Late Egyptian, the recitations are written in Classical Middle Egyptian. (According to: Goyon, Confirmation I, § II; Schenkel, Review, in: Goyon, Confirmation, col. 547) |
| Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| 26th dynasty | -664 BCE 610 CE | palaeographical dating - 664-610 BCE or slightly later / Late Period, 26. dynasty (Brooklyn Museum, Confirmation (2017)) - End of the 5th to beginning of the 4th century BCE (According to: Goyon, Confirmation I, § III) - 26th dynasty (According to: Verhoeven, Späthieratische Buchschrift (2001), 308-318) - Dynasty 26, reign of Psamtik I (database of Brooklyn-Museum); |
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| DatasetID | 311126 |
| 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 311126 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.50), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |
