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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Publication Status | unpublished |
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 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) |
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. |
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) |
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; |
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. |