Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.19a-b

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.19a-b
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Publication Status	unpublished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	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
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	unknown
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	47.218.19: 2 1/16 × 3 1/8 in. (5.2 × 8 cm) 47.218.19a: Largest Fragment #1: 2 3/4 × 9/16 in.(7×1.5 cm) 47.218.19a: Largest Fragment #2: 1 3/16 ×1 3/16 in.(3×3cm) 47.218.19b: Largest Fragment #1: 3/8 × 9/16 in. (1 × 1.5 cm)
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)	47.218.19: Recto text consists of five partial columns; the verso has either two partially preserved columns or 3-5 partially preserved lines from two different texts. Three fragments of fair size with scattered minute pieces. - Almansa: one single fragment of papyrus with 5 colmuns of text preserved, on all sides damaged. 47.218.19a: 100+ fragments, 47.218.19b: Approximately one dozen very small fragments
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting	47.218.19: Fragments of papyrus inscribed in Hieratic. broad, flat signs. 47.218.19a: 100+ fragments, many inscribed in Late Period hieratic; a good number appear to be uninscribed.
Comments on Text Layout	Text ionly on the recto (19)

Text Content

Modern Title	Personal letter
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	(Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Unclear content due to the fragmentary condition. 47.218.19: Recto text consists of five partial columns; one column gives the name mry-ra written in a cartouche, the praenomen of Pepi I; the content indicates that these lines are from a personal letter; the verso has either two partially preserved columns or 3-5 partially preserved lines from two different texts. Three fragments of fair size with scattered minute pieces. One fragment retains incomplete cartouche ending. 47.218.19a: 100+ fragments, many inscribed in Late Period hieratic; a good number appear to be uninscribed. 47.218.19b: Approximately one dozen very small fragments inscribed in Late Period hieratic. There minute size makes anything more in the way of identification improbable.
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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¹Transcription by M. V. Almansa-Villatoro

1
2	tꜣ pn n jmꜣḫ ḫr (mr[y] rꜥ)/
3	ḏd(?) ḫr(?) bwt r ḏꜣ
4	n nn js pw
5	bꜣk jm

¹ Transcription by M. V. Almansa-Villatoro

¹Translation by M. V. Almansa-Villatoro

1
2	this Land of the dignified by/with (Merire)/
3	say with bad to
4	of them
5	this servant

¹ Translation by M. V. Almansa-Villatoro

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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 (paleographical dating) ;

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	318119
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 318119 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.19a-b), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel; M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro (transcription & translation).