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Collection | Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (temporary no.) |
Inventory Number | Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 1055 |
Publication Number | ined. |
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Publication Status | unpublished |
Ancient Provenance Site | Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high |
Ancient Provenance Details | Probably Koptos mentioned in the text |
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 |
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 2 11 1907 and 11 11 1907 |
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | (not relevant) Certainty: |
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) | Dijkstra, Jitse H.F Certainty: |
Object Type | papyrus |
Dating of Object | late Period > Graeco-Roman |
Dating | between -664 and -284 |
Criteria for Dating | paleography |
Rotation | around vertical axis (side to side) |
Range of Preservation | (undecidable) |
State of Preservation | one small fragment is preserved whose margins are all damaged |
Mounting | kept in paper folders |
Localization of Text on Object | recto/verso | |
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel (recto) and perpendicular (verso) | |
Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | Few words and sign traces of three lines of text remain on the recto; the same of two lines on the verso because of different position of text-lines. | |
Script, Primary | Hieratic | |
Language, Primary | Middle Egyptian | |
Comments on Handwriting | Different hands on recto and verso. Recto: A hand with almost no downstroke; signs are written flat with several strokes to one sign, especially with circles and more elaborate signs (like wn). The stroke deviates in widths. Narrow line spacing (about 1/2 sign height). Verso: A hand with a more thin and "round" stroke with almost no deviation in widths. Larger line spacing (about 1 sign height). | |
Comments on Text Layout | Both sides: The text covers nearly the entire (preserved!) sheet, without margins. | |
Existing Pictorial Elements | (---) | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | x + 3 + y | x + 2 + y |
Line Lenght (in mm) | 40 | x + 40 + y |
Height of Line / Letter |
Modern Title | Fragment of a religious/ritual, medical or funerary text |
Ancient Archives | (Uncertain) |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Recto: The god Osiris Wenefer is mentioned and probably Koptos or the Koptit (epithet of Min). No more left. Uncertain if this is a fragment of a ritual/religious, medical or funerary text. Verso: The god Horus is adressed and combined with an epithet (partly conserved). Speech situation: Speaker faces the god Horus. Uncertain if this is a fragment of a ritual/religious, medical or funerary text. |
Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
Gender | Man |
Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Comment on Religion | An invocation to Horus (verso) probably an invocation of Osiris Wennefer (recto) |
Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||||||||||
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Places (read out from edition) |
ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
34830 | man | Horus | Ḥr | pre-Coptic Egyptian |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty) | Paleography; |
previousely unpublished
DatasetID | 317167 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Author | Martina Grünhagen, Daniela C. Härtel; Verena Lepper |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 317167 (= Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 1055), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen, Daniela C. Härtel; Verena Lepper. |