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Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 21

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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 21
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Publication Status unpublished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
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation one small fragment whose margins are damaged
Comments on Object It is likely that this object belongs to Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 38 due to the handwriting.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) the end of four lines is preserved
Script, Primary Hieratic
Language, Primary Middle Egyptian
Comments on Text Layout different line lengths (stichic)
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+4+y
Height of Line / Letter ca. 0.75 cm

 

Text Content

Modern Title fragment of literary text
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • literary
Summary of Content The classification of the text type is based on the literary style of this text. See Pap. Berlin B/H x 10, 18b und 38 that also refer to Ptah of Memphis.
Location of Composition unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion mentioning of Ptah

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
R
x+1=f
x+2 tnmm ḥr wꜣ.t
x+3 n jꜣw.w
x+4 jnb-ḥḏ
R
x+1[///] hỉs [///]
x+2[///] to go astray on the way
x+3[///] of the old men
x+4[///] Memphỉs.
P._Berlin_BxH_21_R_001
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P._Berlin_BxH_21_V_001
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P._Berlin_BxH_21-39 zu
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P._Berlin_BxH_21-39 zu
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Places (read out from edition)
  • jnb-ḥḏ (places.xml#s14)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    9675 Ptaḥ פתח

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Ptolemaic dynasty palaeographical dating and way of writing of the verb tnm;

     

    Pictures

    P._Berlin_BxH_21_R_001
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    P._Berlin_BxH_21_V_001
    Reserved Copyright
    P._Berlin_BxH_21-39 zu
    Reserved Copyright
    P._Berlin_BxH_21-39 zu
    Reserved Copyright

     

    Literature

    previousely unpublished

     

    DatasetID 311351
    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 311351 (= Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 21), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.