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Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 1055

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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 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Publication Status unpublished

Origin / Provenance

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

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

Text Basic Information

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

 

Text Content

Modern Title Fragment of a religious/ritual, medical or funerary text
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Text Types
  • religious
  • religious | polytheistic Egyptian
  • religious-literary | polytheistic Egyptian
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)

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
R
x - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
x+1gbtj?
x+2 Wsjr Wn-nfr ḥꜣ?
x+3 j
y- - - - - - - - - - - - -
V
x - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
x+1
x+2 j! Ḥr? ꜥꜣ
y- - - - - - - - - - - - -
R
x - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
x+1--- Coptos/Coptite? ---
x+2--- Osiris Wennefer ----
x+3--- ---
y- - - - - - - - - - - - -
V
x - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
x+1--- ---
x+2--- O Horus with large ---
y- - - - - - - - - - - - -
P_Eleph_BH_1055_R_001
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P_Eleph_BH_1055_R_002
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P_Eleph_BH_1055_V_001
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P_Eleph_BH_1055_V_002
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Places (read out from edition)
  • gb? (places.xml#92)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    34830 man Horus Ḥr pre-Coptic Egyptian

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty) Paleography;

     

    Pictures

    P_Eleph_BH_1055_R_001
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    P_Eleph_BH_1055_R_002
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    P_Eleph_BH_1055_V_001
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    P_Eleph_BH_1055_V_002
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    Literature

    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.