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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.33

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.33
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Publication Status unpublished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 unknown () [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance District unknown () [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 unknown () [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 Dimensions: Head Fragment: 1 3/16 x 1 3/16 in. (3 x 3 cm) Other Fragment: 13/16 x 1 in. (2 x 2.5 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
Script, Primary Hieratic
Script, additional A Hieroglyphs
Language, Primary Middle Egyptian
Existing Pictorial Elements Three illustrated fragments probably from a Book of the Dead. Two pieces join to form male head with diadem in which two ostrich feathers are set. Third fragment (seemingly unrelated) is of a scale pattern, probably from a throne.

 

Text Content

Modern Title Three Illustrated Fragments from a Book of the Dead
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text (Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Summary of Content Part of Book of the Dead
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
New Kingdom -1539 BCE -1075 BCE New Kingdom (probably) ;

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 318133
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 318133 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.33), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.