Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 14
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (temporary no.) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 14 |
| Current Location |
magazine | papyrus depository |
| 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unpublished |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 District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
archaeological excavation
Certainty: high |
Date of Discovery
Term. Ante / Post Quem Non |
between 17 11 1907 and 19 11 1907 |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty: high |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
partage |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Harold I. Bell
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Rotation |
round vertical axis (side to side) |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
- one narrow fragment whose margins are damaged
- lower part of the papyrus |
| Comments on Object |
It is likely that this object belongs to Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 15, 16, 18e, q, ff due to the handwriting and the demotic inscription on the verso. |
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) |
few signs of the last four lines of a column
recto: 4 lines preserved and part of the empty space at the bottom of the papyrus,
verso: 7 lines preserved. Only few signs legible due to the rubbed off and faded signs. |
| Script, Primary |
Late Hieratic |
| Script, additional A |
Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
pre-Coptic Egyptian |
| Language, additional A |
Demotic |
| Comments on Handwriting |
recto: hand a bit broaad, a bit blurred
verso: very thin hand |
| Comments on Text Layout |
- large uninscribed lower margin with guiding lines
- Demotic text on the verso |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
x+4 |
x+7+y |
| Height of Line / Letter |
ca. 0.5 cm |
ca. 0.5 cm |
Text Content
| Modern Title |
papyrus fragments of unclear content |
| 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 due to its fragmentary state.
The Demotic fragment is unreadable due to the fragmentary condition. |
| Location of Composition |
unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high) |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Religion |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
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x+1 | | nr|
x+2 | | ꜥnḫ |
x+3 | | n.tj tp |
x+4 | |
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x+1 | | [///]|
x+2 | | [///] life/live [///]|
x+3 | | [///] the one, who is on top(?) of |
x+4 | | [///]
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Dates
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Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Roman Period |
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-30 BCE 50 CE |
paleography of the Demotic text: Early Roman Period (approx. Augustus-Claudius); |
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
311344 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
Martina Grünhagen (Hieratic), Jan Moje (Demotic); Verena Lepper (Hieratic); Daniela C. Härtel (Hieratic) |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 311344 (= Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 14), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen (Hieratic), Jan Moje (Demotic); Verena Lepper (Hieratic); Daniela C. Härtel (Hieratic). |
