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Inventory Number | Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.74a-b |
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Publication Status | unpublished |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. Sm. &‘. 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 | 47.218.74a: 13 fragments 47.218.74b: +50 fragments |
Mounting | (unknown) |
Restoration Activities | Restoration impossible. |
Comments on Object | Measurements: All small fragments. 47.218.74a: Largest Fragment: 13/16 × 3/8 in. (2 × 1 cm) 47.217.74b: Largest Fragment: 1 × 13/16 in. (2.5 × 2 cm) a: 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) b: 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) | Mass of papyrus fragments. About half are blank, balance inscribed on recto only in black Hieratic. 47.218.74a: 13 fragments written in Late Period Hieratic. The relatively small size of the fragments allows the reading of only a few signs. 47.218.74b: +50 fragments, many if which appear to be blank. A handful of the fragments show text in Late Period Hieratic; several, at least, show Demotic writing. The relatively small size of the fragments allows the reading of only a few words. | |
Script, Primary | Hieratic | |
Script, additional A | Demotic | |
Language, Primary | Middle Egyptian | |
Language, additional A | Demotic | |
Comments on Handwriting | 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 relatively small size of the fragments allows the reading of only a few signs, so establishing the subject matter of the papyrus from which these fragments come cannot be determined with any certainty. The Demotic parts are unreadable due to the fragmentary condition. |
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 | 318168 |
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 318168 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.74a-b), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel; Jan Moje (Demotic). |