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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.72

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Metadata

Collection

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Publication Status unpublished

Origin / Provenance

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

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.

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) 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.

 

Text Content

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)

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
R
Fragm_I_x+1=k
Fragm_I_x+2 r
Fragm_I_x+3 wn.kwj m
Fragm_I_x+4 ḫrw=j pw(?)
Fragm_I_x+5 sꜣ=f pw
Fragm_I_x+6
Fragm_I_x+7
Fragm_II_x+1 ḫf.t[.j(.w?)]
Fragm_II_x+2=sn
Fragm_II_x+3 nṯr.w jmj[.w]
Fragm_II_x+4
Fragm_II_x+5 wsr ẖ
Fragm_II_x+6 tꜣ.wj(?) jw rḏ.t
Fragm_II_x+7 Ḥr sḏf
Fragm_II_x+8 ẖr(?)
Fragm_III_x+1 nb p.t(?) ḥr
Fragm_III_x+2 šfdw
Fragm_III_x+3.w n ꜥꜣ n
Fragm_III_x+4 m sꜣ.w
Fragm_III_x+5
Fragm_III_x+6 tp
Fragm_III_x+7
Fragm_IV_x+1=f tp
Fragm_IV_x+2 n nsw1god's determinative ḏj.t(w)
Fragm_IV_x+3 rn=sn m
Fragm_IV_x+4 jm=sn jw(?)
Fragm_IV_x+5 pn n wsr
Fragm_IV_x+6
Fragm_IV_x+7

1 god's determinative
R
Fragm_I_x+1 you
Fragm_I_x+2 to
Fragm_I_x+3 I existed in
Fragm_I_x+4 my voice is it(?)
Fragm_I_x+5 his son is it
Fragm_I_x+6
Fragm_I_x+7
Fragm_II_x+1 enemy(/ies?)
Fragm_II_x+2 they
Fragm_II_x+3 gods which are inside
Fragm_II_x+4
Fragm_II_x+5 strong is
Fragm_II_x+6 both lands(?) while was given
Fragm_II_x+7 Horus providing
Fragm_II_x+8 under(?)
Fragm_III_x+1 lord of heaven(?) on
Fragm_III_x+2 papyrus-roll
Fragm_III_x+3(pl.) of greatness of
Fragm_III_x+4 as protection
Fragm_III_x+5
Fragm_III_x+6 head
Fragm_III_x+7
Fragm_IV_x+1 he the head
Fragm_IV_x+2 for the king, given
Fragm_IV_x+3 their names in
Fragm_IV_x+4 in them, while(?)
Fragm_IV_x+5 this of strength
Fragm_IV_x+6
Fragm_IV_x+7
Brookl._47.218.72_R_00
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Dates

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;

 

Pictures

Brookl._47.218.72_R_00
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Literature

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).