TEI-XML-File: https://p612399.webspaceconfig.de/xml/elephantine_erc_db_312015.tei.xml
Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (temporary no.) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 18 l |
Current Location | magazine | papyrus depository |
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Publication Status | unpublished |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 17 11 1907 and 19 11 1907 |
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 | partage |
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors) Certainty: high |
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) | Harold I. Bell Certainty: high |
Object Type | papyrus |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | one narrow fragment whose margins are damaged |
Localization of Text on Object | recto/verso | |
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel and perpendicular | |
Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | only few signs are preserved recto: 3 lines of text preserved; verso: 3 lines of text (demotic) | |
Script, Primary | Hieratic | |
Script, additional A | Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Middle Egyptian | |
Language, additional A | Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | recto: very broad, flat script surface is very damaged and rubbed off | |
Comments on Text Layout | The Demotic text is on the verso. | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | x+3+y | x+3+y |
Height of Line / Letter | 0.5 cm |
Modern Title | unclear content |
Ancient Author of Text | (Unknown) |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Summary of Content | fragmentary text, content unknown due to fragmentary condition. On the verso, traces of Demotic signs are visible, but reading uncelar due to the fragmentary condition. |
Location of Composition | unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism | Bilingual Script = Language |
Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Late period - Ptolemaic dynasty | -664 BCE -30 BCE | palaeographical dating; |
previousely unpublished
DatasetID | 312015 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Author | Martina Grünhagen, Verena Lepper, Daniela C. Härtel (Hieratic); Jan Moje (Demotic) |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 312015 (= Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 18 l), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen, Verena Lepper, Daniela C. Härtel (Hieratic); Jan Moje (Demotic). |