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Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 1064

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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 1064
Current Location magazine | papyrus depository
Comments on Inventory metal box 118, 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Publication Status unpublished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 2 11 1907 and 11 11 1907
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 2 11 1907 and 11 11 1907
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) Harold I. Bell
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type papyrus
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) Recto: ink traces and few signs Verso: ink traces of the last line of a column
Script, Primary Hieratic
Language, Primary Neo-Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting A hand with almost no downstrokes, but "classical" late hieratic. Sign height and width: normal.
Comments on Text Layout Very narrow distance between the lines.
Existing Pictorial Elements --
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+5+y x+1
Height of Line / Letter ca 5 mm

 

Text Content

Modern Title Fragmentary text with ritual content concerning the god Min
Text Types
  • religious | polytheistic Egyptian
  • religious | polytheistic Egyptian | ritual
  • religious-literary | polytheistic Egyptian | hymn
Summary of Content Fragmentary text with the mention of Min as King of (destroyed), referring to the horizon and worshipping persons.
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion Mentioning of Min

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
R
x+1
x+2 m ꜣḫ.t ḫr
x+3 Mjn nswt 1The opening cartouche is preserved.
x+4 nꜣy n sbꜣ.w/dwꜣ.w
x+5

1 The opening cartouche is preserved.
V
vs., x+1
R
x+1[///]
x+2[///] in the horizon [///]
x+3[///] Min; the king [///]
x+4[///] the stars/the worshı͗ppı͗ng [///]
x+5[///]
V
vs., x+1[///]
P_Eleph_BH_1064_R_001
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P_Eleph_BH_1064_R_002
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P_Eleph_BH_1064_V_001
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P_Eleph_BH_1064_V_002
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Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
35425 man Min mn Egyptian

 

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_1064_R_001
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P_Eleph_BH_1064_R_002
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P_Eleph_BH_1064_V_001
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P_Eleph_BH_1064_V_002
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 311858
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 311858 (= Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 1064), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.