Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.29 a-1

Inventory Number	Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.29 a-1
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Publication Status	unpublished

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance Details	Not known, but possibly Elephantine.
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 Type	papyrus
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Dimensions: 47.218.29a1, lot 1: Largest Fragment: 2 3/4 × 3/16 in. (7 × 0.5 cm) 47.218.29a1, lot2: Largest Fragment: 3 3/8 × 13/16 in. (8.5 × 2 cm) 47.218.29a1: 150+ fragments. They have been subdivided into 2 lots. 47.218.29a1, Lot 1: 100+ small fragments, all of which bear little more than a couple of signs. 47.218.29a1, Lot 2: 29 fragments from a number of different texts. Dimensions: The largest fragments from Lot 1: c. 2 x 2 cm.; c. 7 x 0.5 cm. Lot 2: c 8.5 x 2 cm.; c. 7 x 3 cm.
Mounting	(unknown)
Restoration Activities	Current Condition: Housed in a large archival box (17 x 22 cm.).
Comments on Object	Description: 150+ fragments inscribed in Late Period hieratic. They have been subdivided into 2 lots. Lot 1: 100+ small fragments, all of which bear little more than a couple of signs. Lot 2: 29 fragments from a number of different texts; at least 3 fragments belong to 47.218.87A.

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)	47.218.29a1, Lot 1: 100+ small fragments, all of which bear little more than a couple of signs. 47.218.29a1, Lot 2: 29 fragments from a number of different texts.
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian

Modern Title	papyrus fragments of unclear content, possibly medical-magical
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	(Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Summary of Content	Unclear content due to the fragmentary condition. 47.218.29a1, Lot 1: 100+ small fragments, all of which bear little more than a couple of signs. 47.218.29a1, Lot 2: 29 fragments from a number of different texts; at least 3 fragments belong to 47.218.87A.
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

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¹ god's determinative
² god's determinative
³ god's determinative

Fragm_I_x+1	remove
Fragm_I_x+2	(pl.) filled
Fragm_I_x+3	being in front of
Fragm_I_x+4
Fragm_I_x+5
Fragm_I_x+6
Fragm_II_x+1	he
Fragm_II_x+2	Nephthys, she says
Fragm_II_x+3	(pl.) and the face
Fragm_II_x+4
Fragm_II_x+5	(pl.) of
Fragm_III_x+1
Fragm_III_x+2	Horus
Fragm_III_x+3	doing a[ll] things
Fragm_III_x+4	of Heliopolis
Fragm_III_x+5	in
Fragm_III_x+6	being the great god
Fragm_III_x+7	my (pl.) evil
Fragm_IV, x+1	3(?) secret
Fragm_IV, x+2	for Ra cutting down
Fragm_IV, x+3	born
Fragm_IV, x+4	¹god's determinative heritage
Fragm_IV, x+5
Fragm_V_x+1
Fragm_V_x+2	they spit
Fragm_V_x+3	lamenting loudly
Fragm_V_x+4
Fragm_V_x+5	coloquinths 1/64
Fragm_V_x+6	made(?) into the fire
Fragm_V_x+7
blank space beneath
Fragm_VI_x+1
Fragm_VI_x+2	content of heart
Fragm_VI_x+3	see today in
Fragm_VI_x+4	in grief
Fragm_VI_x+5	one being
Fragm_VI_x+6	your name of Atum(?)
Fragm_VI_x+7

¹ god's determinative

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
34830	man	Horus	Ḥr	pre-Coptic Egyptian

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Late period - Roman period				-664 BCE -525 BCE	ca. 664-525 B.C.E. or later, Late Period, probably Saite Period (paleographical dating) ;

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	318124
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 318124 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.29 a-1), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.