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Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 1058

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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 1058
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Publication Status	unpublished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 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
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Fragment, broken at all sides
Mounting	kept in paper folders

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	parallel (recto)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	Few words and sign traces of four lines of text remain on the recto. fragmentary on all four sides.
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting	A middle-flat, middle-large hand with normal line spacing (ca 1 sign height); the height of the signs is varring between line 1,2,4 vs. 3.
Comments on Text Layout	Four lines of text are preserved.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x + 4 + y
Line Lenght (in mm)	21
Height of Line / Letter	betw. 5 and 10 mm

 

Text Content

Modern Title	Fragment of a probably religious/ritual text mentioning "Both Lands"
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Text Types	religious | polytheistic Egyptian religious | polytheistic Egyptian | ritual religious-literary | polytheistic Egyptian
Summary of Content	Verso: Fragments mentioning "Both Lands", the god Ra (?), and a verb "embracing"
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion	Ra

 

Text

 

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
35090	man	Ra	Rꜥ	pre-Coptic Egyptian

 

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Late period - Ptolemaic dynasty				-664 BCE -30 BCE	paleography;

 

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID	317173
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 317173 (= Pap. Berlin P. B/H x 1058), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen, Daniela C. Härtel; Verena Lepper.