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Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 929

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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 929
Current Location magazine | papyrus depository
Comments on Inventory metal box 15, hieratic paper box 15_118
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Publication Status unpublished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 10 2 1907 and
Finder (= First Purchaser) Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
Certainty: high
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution excavation finds
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
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 small fragment whose margins are damaged
Mounting kept in paper folders

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto/verso
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) parallel and perpendicular
Inks and Pigments carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) few signs of four lines
Script, Primary Hieratic
Language, Primary Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting It is likely that the texts on the recto and verso were written by the same scribe.
Existing Pictorial Elements --
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+4+y x+4+y
Height of Line / Letter ca. 0.5 cm ca. 0.5 cm

 

Text Content

Modern Title Fragmentary text with uncertain content, probably medical/magical
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • religious | polytheistic Egyptian | magical
  • scientific | medicine
Summary of Content The classification of the text type is based on the mention of body parts and different gods.
Location of Composition unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
R
x+1ꜣy
x+2 jꜣ.t=f/sꜣw/f js
x+3ꜥrwt r jr.t
x+4 ḏd n=f
V
x+1 1Gardiner Sign G7 is preserved.
x+2 sw j
x+3
x+4 2Gardiner Sign G7 is preserved.

1 Gardiner Sign G7 is preserved.
2 Gardiner Sign G7 is preserved.
R
x+1[///] .?. [///]
x+2[///] his back/his loin is .?.[///]
x+3[///] ill-maikng substance towards the eye [///]
x+4[///] .?. say to him [///]
V
x+1[///]
x+2[///] he/him/it [///]
x+3[///]
x+4[///]

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Places (read out from edition)

 

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
Late period - Ptolemaic dynasty -664 BCE -30 BCE paleography;

 

Pictures

P_Eleph_BH_929_R_001
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 311723
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Martina Grünhagen; Daniela C. Härtel; Verena Lepper
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 311723 (= Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 929), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Daniela C. Härtel; Verena Lepper.