Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 975

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (temporary no.)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 975
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Publication Status	unpublished

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 Type	papyrus
Rotation	uncertain
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	one fragment whose margins are damaged
Mounting	kept in paper folders

Localization of Text on Object	recto
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	parts of eight lines; faded text
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting	very blurred signs, partly rubbed off and destroyed or only preserved as a mere shadow on the papyrus.
Existing Pictorial Elements	--
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+8+y
Height of Line / Letter	ca. 0.75 cm

Modern Title	Fragmentary text with uncertain content, concerning the well-being of Egypt, mentioning Thoth, Geb and probably Maat.
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	religious-literary \| polytheistic Egyptian
Summary of Content	unknown due to fragmentary condition. Text concerning the well-being of the Two-Lands, mentioning Thoth, Geb and probably Maat. Because of the preserved "two-times" it is certain that at least a part of the text is ment to be spoken.
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	female goddes (probably)
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Transcription

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x+1	[///] .?. ...-fı͗shes [///]
x+2	[///] way .?. in the West [///]
x+3	[///] .?. is it .?. [///]
x+4	[///] say "satisfied!" two-times in this satisfied land [///]
x+5	[///] in Justice of Thoth, lord of (the moon?) [///]
x+6	[///] .?. sovereign of separate/tion(?) [///]
x+7	[///] .?. front/face of Geb .?. [///]
x+8	[///] .?. [///]

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
35815	man	Geb	Gb	pre-Coptic Egyptian

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

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	311769
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 311769 (= Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 975), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.