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Inventory Number | Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.55 |
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Publication Status | unpublished |
Ancient Provenance Site | unknown () [Trismegistos] Certainty: high |
Ancient Provenance Details | No information. Folder marked “4V”. |
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 Type | papyrus |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | About 18 small papyrus fragments. Fine quality. Ten additional illuminated fragments found later and are now included with this group. Probably parts of same document. Condition: Fragmentary. |
Mounting | (unknown) |
Comments on Object | Largest Fragment: 3 15/16 x 1 3/16 in. (10 x 3 cm) |
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 | |
Language, Primary | Middle Egyptian | |
Existing Pictorial Elements | Folder marked “4V”. does this mean 4 vignettes? Second folder marked “VI”. About 18 small papyrus fragments from illustrations, presumably from a Book of the Dead. Fragments include head of man (in two pieces), body of man in panther skin and fragments of bodies in white clothing. |
Modern Title | Illustrated Fragments from a Book of the Dead |
Ancient Archives | (Uncertain) |
Ancient Author of Text | (Unknown) |
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
Summary of Content | Unclear content due to the fragmentary condition; probably parts of Book of the Dead illustrations. |
Location of Composition | unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
New Kingdom | -1539 BCE -1075 BCE | New Kingdom (probably) (art-historical dating) ; |
previousely unpublished
DatasetID | 318144 |
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 318144 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.55), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |