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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.87a-i

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Collection

Inventory Number	Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.87a-i
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). Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
Publication Permission Status	permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status	unpublished

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance Details	Received in plain container. Not known, but possibly Elephantine.
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	find or 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	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [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:
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	(not relevant) Certainty:

Object

Object Type	papyrus
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	47.218.87: Approximately 50 fragments of varying sizes have been reconstructed 47.218.87a: Two broken rolls mixed with numerous fragments from several different texts. 47.218.87i: 7 miniscule fragments from a Hieratic text. / Remnants found in a box marked 47.218.87i (formerly 47.218.87A). Condition: Very bad. All parts received in one tissue container (package) which was at bottom of large tin box and so probably has gradually collapsed. All rolls badly broken with many separate fragments. Several documents may be represented. Some portions of text can be saved. Confused mass of two or more papyrus rolls with many small fragments. Text, black and red Hieratic, apparently in several hands. The roll (or rolls) very badly broken, probably into three portions
Comments on Object	Overall: 4 3/4 × 41 15/16 in. (12 × 106.5 cm) a: Medium Box of Fragments: 2 1/4 x 6 7/16 x 8 1/2 in. (5.7 x 16.4 x 21.6 cm) b: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) b: Largest Fragment: 2 1/4 x 4 1/8 in. (5.7 x 10.5 cm) c: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) c: Largest Fragment: 4 x 7 11/16 in. (10.1 x 19.5 cm) d: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) d: Largest Fragment: 2 15/16 x 4 1/8 in. (7.5 x 10.5 cm) e: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) e: Object: 4 13/16 x 8 3/4 in. (12.2 x 22.3 cm) f: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) f: Object: 4 3/4 x 6 7/8 in. (12 x 17.4 cm) g: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) g: Largest Fragment: 1 9/16 x 4 3/4 in. (4 x 12.1 cm) h: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) h: Object: 4 11/16 x 10 1/16 in. (11.9 x 25.5 cm) i: Small Box of Fragments: 1 3/4 x 4 1/16 x 4 1/16 in. (4.5 x 10.3 x 10.3 cm) 47.218.87i: Average Fragment Size: 1/8 × 1/8 in. (0.3 × 0.3 cm) Measurements: Max. height, 11.8 cm. Dimensions: the reassembled extant fragments measure h. 12 cm.; l. 106.5 cm. 47.218.87i: Dimensions: The fragments are less than c. .25 x .25 cm.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto/verso
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	47.218.87: Approximately 50 fragments of varying sizes have been reconstructed, resulting in much of the lower half of 6 columns of Hieratic text.
Script, Primary	Late Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian, Late
Language, additional A	Middle Egyptian, Classical

 

Text Content

Modern Title	Book for protecting Pharao
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	(Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	scientific | medicine
Summary of Content	Prophylactic texts to protect the Pharao against complaints of the teeth, lips, and gingival. (According to: Strukturen und Transformationen des Wortschatzes der Ägyptischen Sprache. Text- und Wissenskultur im Alten Ägypten, Papyrus Brooklyn 47.218.87 (2017)) The focus of the text is on the protection of the jaw, teeth and mouth, and the papyrus comprises several different texts that are to serve these purposes. A few of these texts state specifically that the text is to protect the mouth of the Pharaoh, while others are more generic in nature. Approximately 50 fragments of varying sizes have been reconstructed, resulting in much of the lower half of 6 columns of hieratic text. The focus of the text is on the protection of the jaw, teeth and mouth, and the papyrus comprises several different texts that are to serve these purposes. A few of these texts state specifically that the text is to protect the mouth of the Pharaoh, while others are more generic in nature.
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Comments on Text	Exact information about the script and language is missing up to now. This is based on the known hieratic texts from Brooklyn which are related to this object.
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

 

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty)				-664 BCE -525 BCE	Late Period, Saite Period, 664-525 B.C.E. (paleographical dating) ;

 

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Literature

• Dils, Peter, Papyrus Brooklyn 47.218.02 (2017). ()
• Goyon, Jean-Claude, Confirmation du pouvoir royal au nouvel an [Brooklyn Museum Papyrus 47.218.50] (1972). (13)
• Guermeur, Ivan, Le papyrus hiératique iatromagique n° 47.218.2 du musée de Brooklyn (2015). (13-16)
• Hoffmann, Friedhelm & Quack, Joachim Friedrich, Anthologie der demotischen Literatur (2007). (361, n. a)
• O'Rourke, P. F., La codification du savoir médical à l’époque saïte (2013). (37)
• O'Rourke, Paul F., A Royal Book of Protection of the Saite Period: pBrooklyn 47.218.49 (2015). (25 n. 100)
• Sauneron, Serge, Le papyrus magique illustré de Brooklyn : Brooklyn Museum 47.218.156 (1970). (VIII-IX)

 

DatasetID	311129
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 311129 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.87a-i), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.