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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.222a-b

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.222a-b
Current Location New York, Brooklyn Museum
Comments on Inventory 12/19/2003: There is a note in the Registrar's Accession sheets for 35.1327 - 35.1444 that these numbers for these amulets were cancelled by Mr. Cooney in January 1942 and the objects were assigned the accession numbers 16.580mn. It is impossible to match the cancelled accession number with the accession number in 16.580mn. (S.Leverock, Registrar).
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Publication Status unpublished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 ‘Elephantine Feb. 1890’ written on container.
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
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 donation
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Wilbour, Theodora
Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) (not relevant)
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type papyrus
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation Only a few fragments with connected text. a: Glass: 12 x 12 in. (30.5 x 30.5 cm) b: Small Box of Fragments: 1 3/4 x 4 1/16 x 4 1/16 in. (4.5 x 10.3 x 10.3 cm). Measurements: Max. length 5.5 cm. A few fragments of fair size but majority small. Numerous blank pieces. Restoration impossible.
Mounting (unknown)

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) Mass of small papyrus fragments inscribed recto and verso in black and red Hieratic.
Script, Primary Hieratic
Language, Primary Middle Egyptian

 

Text Content

Modern Title Accounting Papyrus and several different manuscripts
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text (Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary | account
Summary of Content Fragments of an accounting papyrus. And a lot of fragments of different manuscripts.
Location of Composition unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual Script = Language
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
12th dynasty -1938 BCE Middle Kingdom; ca. 1938-1630 B.C.E.;

 

Pictures

CUR.16.580.222a_V_001
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CUR.16.580.222a_R_001
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Literature

 

DatasetID 317988
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 317988 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 16.580.222a-b), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.