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Inventory Number | Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.67 |
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Publication Status | unpublished |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 | Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high |
Ancient Provenance Details | Container marked “2 Sm. Bl.” Not known, possibly Elephantine. |
Ancient Provenance District | Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [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 | Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [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 | 87+ fragments. Condition: All small pieces. Restoration improbable. The fragments clearly come from a number of different papyri. |
Mounting | (unknown) |
Comments on Object | Largest Fragment: 1 3/4 × 1 3/16 in. (4.5 × 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) Measurements: apparently all small pieces. Dimensions: The largest fragment is c. 4.5 x 3 cm.; the rest are mostly half that size or smaller. Many of these fragments are no larger than 2 x 1 cm. |
Localization of Text on Object | recto | |
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | parallel (recto) | |
Inks and Pigments | carbon ink polychrome black and red | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | 87+ fragments most of which are written in Late Period hieratic. Two fragments are written demotic and one fragment has hieratic writing on its upper portion and demotic on its lower portion. Fragments inscribed in red and black Hieratic. | |
Script, Primary | Hieratic | |
Language, Primary | Middle Egyptian | |
Comments on Handwriting | Mostly in a small cramped hand. |
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. The fragments clearly come from a number of different papyri. |
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 |
Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty) | -664 BCE -525 BCE | Late Period, probably Saite Period; |
previousely unpublished
DatasetID | 318160 |
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 318160 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.67), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |