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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.66

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.66
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Publication Status unpublished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 “2V”.
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 47.218.66a: A small box with a mass of tiny fragments 47.218.66b: 40+ fragments
Mounting (unknown)
Comments on Object 47.218.66a: Largest Fragment: 13/16 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1 cm) 47.218.66b: Largest Fragment: 3 9/16 × 1 3/16 in. (9 × 3 cm) 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) 47.218.66a: A small box with a mass of tiny fragments, many of which show a sign or two of hieratic writing. The extremely small size of these fragments makes it impossible to say anything more detailed. 47.218.66b: 40+ fragments, two of which show decoration of a shrine or temple. 8 fragments are written in careful hieroglyphic script in a clear and practiced hand. Approximately 29 of the fragments are extremely small and show traces of bordering for the most part. The extremely small size of these fragments makes it impossible to say anything more detailed.
Script, Primary Hieratic
Language, Primary Middle Egyptian
Existing Pictorial Elements 47.218.66b: Some fragments show decoration of a shrine or temple.

 

Text Content

Modern Title papyrus fragments of unclear content, obviously of several texts
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text (Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Summary of Content Unclear content due to the fragmentary condition. Some fragments seem to be medical.
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 - Late Period -1539 BCE -332 BCE New Kingdom or Late Period, possibly Saite Period;

 

Pictures

CUR.47.218.66_group1_R
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CUR.47.218.66_group2_b
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CUR.47.218.66_group2_b
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CUR.47.218.66_group2_b
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CUR.47.218.66_group2_b
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CUR.47.218.66_view1_R_
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CUR.47.218.66_view1b_R
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CUR.47.218.66_view2_R_
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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID 318159
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 318159 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.66), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.