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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.18 + 47.218.157

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.18 + 47.218.157
Current Location New York, Brooklyn Museum
Comments on Inventory Bequest of Theodora Wilbour from the collection of her father, Charles Edwin Wilbour
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Publication Status unpublished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 Unknown. Elephantine in all likelihood (based on internal evidence. Possible place made: Elephantine Egypt.
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery find or purchase
Certainty: high
Finder (= First Purchaser) Wilbour, Charles Edwin
Certainty: high
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution donation
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Wilbour, Charles Edwin
Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) (not relevant)
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type papyrus
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation 4 3/4 × 2 3/8 in. (12 × 6 cm) Fragmentary papyrus. Condition: Very fragmentary. 47.218.157: 5 11/16 x 4 7/8 in. (14.5 x 12.4 cm)
Mounting (unknown)
Restoration Activities Received in tissue bundle. In November 1948 all fragments mounted under glass sheets.

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) Recto text consists of six partial columns; the verso text comprises three short lines of text. One section (containing cartouche of Pepy II) in fair condition and adjoining fragments were assembled with it. Bulk of fragments very tiny with little chance of restoration. Possibly a few joins can be made when time permits study.
Script, Primary Hieratic
Language, Primary Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting inscribed in Hieratic. Large clear hand.
Comments on Text Layout Text is written in vertical columns.

 

Text Content

Ancient Title Private Letter
Modern Title Letter of a son Neferkara to his father
Ancient Author of Text (Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | letter | private
Summary of Content In this letter, a son speaks to his father. Neferkara, Ptah, Satis and Knum as well as Elephantine are mentioned. But the real issue of the letter is unfortunately not preserved. One column of the recto gives the name nfr-kA-ra written in a cartouche, the praenomen of Pepi II. The recto text comprise the remains of a letter. 47.218.157: Papyrus with name of Nfr-k’-r'. Removed from lot 47.218.18. Text, so-called 'Memphite formula' in form of letter addressed to Pepy II.
Location of Composition unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Gender Man Woman
Comment on Gender A goddess of Elephantine (Sates) is as such mentioned in the Text along with Khnum.
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
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1Transcription made by M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro
1sꜣ ḏd ḫr tf mrrw=f ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb
2snḏm ptḥ rs jnbw=f jb=k m ꜥnḫ
3wn jmꜣḫ=k nfr ḫr kꜣ n nfr-kꜣ-rꜥ
4jw sfḫ mḏꜥ n jw sṯt ẖnm nbw ꜣbw
5 snb n=f nm
6 r=s

1 Transcription made by M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro
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1Translation made by M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro
1A son speaks to a father, his beloved, life, prosperity and health.
2May Ptah south of his wall makes your heart pleasant in life
3and may your imakhu exist before the Ka of Neferkara.
4The letter of the island of Satis and Khnum, lords of Elephantine, is released
5[...] health to him, who .?. [...]
6[...] to it [...]

1 Translation made by M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro
CUR.47.218.18_47.218.1
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CUR.47.218.18_47.218.1
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Brookl_47.218.18_negB_
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Places (read out from edition)
  • ꜣbw (places.xml#3)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    19900 man Khnum חנומ / חנמ Aramaic, Imperial

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    06th dynasty -2288 BCE -2224 BCE Old Kingdom, VI Dynasty, reign of Pepi II;

     

    Pictures

    CUR.47.218.18_47.218.1
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    Brookl_47.218.18_negB_
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    Brookl_47.218.18_negC_
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    Brookl_47.218.18_negD_
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    Brookl_CUR.47.218.18_I
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    Brookl_CUR.47.218.18_p
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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 317980
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Author Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel; M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro (transcription & translation)
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 317980 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.18 + 47.218.157), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel; M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro (transcription & translation).