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Inventory Number | Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.59 B |
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Publication Status | unpublished |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 | 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 Type | papyrus |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | 47.218.59b: 15 palettes of papyrus fragments. Many of the fragments in some of the individual groups are too small to determine their nature, and in some cases whether they were even inscribed. In many cases the damage incurred makes it impossible to say anything more detailed. |
Mounting | (unknown) |
Comments on Object | 47.218.59b, lot 1: Average Fragment Size: 3/8 × 3/8 in. (1 × 1 cm) 47.218.59b, lot 2: Largest Fragment: 2 3/16 × 1 in. (5.5 × 2.5 cm) 47.218.59b, lot 3: Largest Fragment: 1 × 13/16 in. (2.5 × 2 cm) 47.218.58b, lot 4: Largest Fragment: 2 3/16 × 1 3/8 in. (5.5 × 3.5 cm) 47.218.58b, lot 5: Largest Fragment: 1 15/16 × 1 3/16 in. (5 × 3 cm) 47.218.58b, lot 6: Largest Fragment: 1 3/16 × 3/8 in. (3 × 1 cm) 47.218.58b, lot 7: Average Fragment Size: 3/8 × 3/8 in. (1 × 1 cm) 47.218.58b, lot 8: Average Fragment Size: 3/8 × 3/8 in. (1 × 1 cm) 47.218.58b, lot 9: Largest Fragment: 13/16 × 13/16 in. (2 × 2 cm) 47.218.59b, lot 10: Largest Fragment: 13/16 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1 cm) 47.218.59b, lot 11: Largest Fragment: 13/16 × 13/16 in. (2 × 2 cm) 47.218.59b, lot 12: Largest Fragment: 1 × 13/16 in. (2.5 × 2 cm) 47.218.59b, lot 13: Largest Fragment: 13/16 × 13/16 in. (2 × 2 cm) 47.218.59b, lot 14: Average Fragment Size: 3/8 × 3/8 in. (1 × 1 cm) 47.218.59b, lot 15: Largest Fragment: 1 15/16 × 1 in. (5 × 2.5 cm) b: Medium Box of Fragments: 2 1/4 x 6 7/16 x 8 1/2 in. (5.7 x 16.4 x 21.6 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 | |
State of Preservation (Text) | Group 1: a mass of small fragments apparently once inscribed in Late Period hieratic. Most fragments are smaller than 1 x 1 cm. Group 2: 18 small fragments inscribe in demotic. Seven of the fragments are opisthographic. The largest fragment is c. 5.5 x 2.5 cm. Group 3: 55+ small fragments inscribed in Late Period hieratic. The largest fragment is c. 2.5 x 2 cm. Group 4: 35+ small fragments written in Late Period hieratic and a few fragments written in demotic. The largest fragment is c 5.5 cm. x 3.5 cm. Group 5: 40+ small fragments written in Late Period hieratic. The largest fragment is c. 5 x 3 cm. Group 6: 60+ very small fragments written in Late Period hieratic. The largest fragment is c. 3 x 1 cm. Group 7: 40+ very small fragments with traces of hieratic writing. Most of the fragments are smaller than 1 x 1 cm. Group 8: 60+ very small fragments written in Late period hieratic. Most are smaller than 1 x 1 cm. Group 9: c. 100+ uninscribed fragments, the largest of which are c. 2 x 2 cm. Group 10: 35+ very small fragments with traces of Late Period hieratic writing. Most of the fragments are c 2. 1 cm. Group 11: 11 very small uninscribed fragments, the largest of which is c. 2 x 2 cm. Group 12: 40+ very small fragments with traces of Late Period hieratic or demotic writing. The largest fragment is c. 2.5 x 2 cm. Group 13: 14 fragments inscribe in Late Period hieratic. The great majority of the fragments are 2 x 2 cm. or smaller. Group 14: a small box of badly damaged fragments inscribed in hieratic. For the most part, the fragments are smaller than 1 x 1 cm. Group 15: 29 fragments inscribed in ate Period hieratic. The largest fragment is c. 5 x 2.5 cm. | |
Script, Primary | Hieratic | |
Language, Primary | Middle Egyptian |
Modern Title | papyrus fragments of unclear content |
Ancient Archives | (Uncertain) |
Ancient Author of Text | (Unknown) |
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) |
previousely unpublished
DatasetID | 318151 |
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 318151 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.59 B), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |