Pap. Berlin P. B/AM x 455
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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/AM x 455 |
| Current Location |
magazine | papyrus depository |
| Comments on Inventory |
P. 23928 |
| 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unpublished |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 |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty: high |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Elephantine |
| 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 1906 and 1907 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty: high |
| Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) |
Harold I. Bell
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Criteria for Dating |
scholarly deduction |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| Mounting |
paper |
| Comments on Object |
Palimpsest on recto and perhaps verso. Palimpsest on recto difficult to identify, but may be Demotic and written and 90 degrees to the overwritten text, i.e. the palimpsest is transversa charta. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
recto/verso |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) |
parallel and perpendicular |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
incomplete |
| Script, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
| Script, additional A |
(not identified) |
| Script, additional B |
Demotic |
| Language, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
| Specialities in Writing Direction |
Palimpsest on recto difficult to identify, but may be Demotic and written and 90 degrees to the overwritten text, i.e. the palimpsest is transversa charta. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
3:1 |
1:1? |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Papyrus Fragment |
| Text Types |
- documentary | order to arrest
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| Multilingualism |
Bilingual
Script = Language |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
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-525 BCE -399 BCE |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
311955 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
James D. Moore |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 311955 (= Pap. Berlin P. B/AM x 455), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore. |
