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Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 1033

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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 1033
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Publication Status	unpublished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
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 10 2 1907 and
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 fragment whose margins are damaged
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)	few signs and ink traces
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting	very fast handwriting, signs are connected and a bit prone to the right in line with writing direction. Characteristic are also the hight angular strokes of the j-sign.
Existing Pictorial Elements	--
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+4+y
Height of Line / Letter	ca. 0.5 cm

 

Text Content

Modern Title	Fragmentary text with ritual/mythical content
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	religious | polytheistic Egyptian religious-literary | polytheistic Egyptian
Summary of Content	Uncertain if this is a fragment of a ritual/religious or medical text. Unclear if the god Thot is mentioned in the text.
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion	mention of Thot?

 

Text

 

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
35595	man	Thot	ḏḥwtj	pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

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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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID	311827
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 311827 (= Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 1033), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.