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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.59 A

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.59 A
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Publication Status unpublished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 Details Container marked “4 BITZ”. Not known.
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 47.218.59a: 5 fragments of layered papyrus. Two of the fragments show writing in hieratic; the others do not but the layers below the single visible topmost one may bear writing. The present condition of the fragments makes it impossible to say anything more detailed.
Mounting (unknown)
Comments on Object 47.218.59a: Largest Fragment: 1 15/16 × 1 9/16 in. (5 × 4 cm) a: Small Box of Fragments: 1 3/4 x 4 1/16 x 4 1/16 in. (4.5 x 10.3 x 10.3 cm)

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) 47.218.59a: 5 fragments of layered papyrus. Two of the fragments show writing in hieratic; the others do not but the layers below the single visible topmost one may bear writing. The present condition of the fragments makes it impossible to say anything more detailed.
Script, Primary Hieratic
Language, Primary Middle Egyptian

 

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 - Ptolemaic dynasty -664 BCE -30 BCE Late Period, Saite Period to Ptolemaic Period;

 

Pictures

CUR.47.218.59a_view1_V
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 318150
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 318150 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.59 A), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.