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Inventory Number | Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.72 |
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Publication Status | unpublished |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 “Bl. Dub.” 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 | 20 fragments |
Mounting | (unknown) |
Restoration Activities | Various late fragments. -“ moral” fragments taken out -“narrative” “ “ “ |
Comments on Object | Largest Fragment #1: 13/16 × 3 1/8 in. (2 × 8 cm) Largest Fragment #2: 13/16 × 2 3/8 in. (2 × 6 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: Height, 14.4 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) | Fragments, broken on all sides. Many of the hieratic fragments belong to the same papyrus. Incomplete papyrus roll inscribed on recto only in black Hieratic. | |
Script, Primary | Hieratic | |
Script, additional A | Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Middle Egyptian | |
Language, additional A | Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | most of which are written in Late Period hieratic.1 fragment is written in demotic, and three are folded over impeding a certain reading of their writing, although does appear to be written in hieratic. Small clear hand. |
Modern Title | papyrus fragments of unclear content, obviously of several texts, poss. medical |
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 may be part of a medical/ritual text, as the word "protection" is mentioned, as well as the "king". The Demotic fragments are unreadable due to the fragmentary condition |
Location of Composition | unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high) |
Multilingualism | Monolingual Script = Language |
Religion | Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 god's determinative |
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Places (read out from edition) |
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 | 318165 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Author | Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel; Jan Moje (Demotic) |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 318165 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.72), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel; Jan Moje (Demotic). |