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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.28

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.28
Current Location New York, Brooklyn Museum
Comments on Inventory Bequest of Miss 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Publication Status unpublished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 Not known but possibly Elephantine. 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
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 Largest Fragment: 2 3/4 × 1 in. (7 × 2.5 cm) 100+ fragments, Most of these fragments are layered scrolled and need hydration before they can be properly studied. Dimensions: The largest fragments from a random sample of 12 are c. 7 x 2.5 cm.; most of the fragments are c. 2.5 x 1 cm. or smaller.
Mounting (unknown)
Restoration Activities Current Condition: Housed in a small archival box (10 x 10 cm.).

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) parallel (recto)
Inks and Pigments carbon ink polychrome black and red
Range of Preservation (Text) incomplete
State of Preservation (Text) Fragmentary. "At least three groups of fragments, two hieratic and one demotic. It is yet to be determined how many hands are represented."
Script, Primary Hieratic
Script, additional A Demotic
Language, Primary Middle Egyptian
Language, additional A Demotic
Comments on Handwriting 100+ fragments, some inscribed in Late Period hieratic or demotic in red and black. A sizable number appear to be uninscribed.

 

Text Content

Modern Title papyrus fragments of unclear content
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text (Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Summary of Content Unclear content due to the fragmentary condition.
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
Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty) -664 BCE -525 BCE ca. 664-525 B.C.E. or later, Late Period, probably Saite Period (paleographical dating) ;

 

Pictures

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 318123
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 318123 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.28), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.