Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 979
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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 979 |
| 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unpublished |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 |
uncertain |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
one narrow fragment from the lower part of the papyrus |
| Mounting |
kept in paper folders |
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) |
ink traces of the last two lines of the end of a column and few signs of the last two lines of the beginning of a column |
| Script, Primary |
Hieratic |
| Language, Primary |
Middle Egyptian |
| Comments on Handwriting |
very clear handwriting, with small charakters and only slight downstrokes |
| Comments on Text Layout |
two columns of text: concerning the first one, there are only traces preserved. The beginnings of the last two lines of the second column are translated here. |
| Existing Pictorial Elements |
-- |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
x+2 |
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| Height of Line / Letter |
ca. 0.5 cm |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Fragmentary text with uncertain content |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text |
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| Text Types |
- religious-literary | polytheistic Egyptian
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| Summary of Content |
unknown due to 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 | | [...]not perish[...]|
x+2 | | [...]an effective method[...]
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Dates
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Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| Late period - Ptolemaic dynasty |
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-664 BCE -30 BCE |
paleography; |
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Literature
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID |
311773 |
| 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 311773 (= Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 979), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |
