Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.76

Inventory Number	Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.76
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Publication Status	unpublished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	"Elephantine, Feb. 1896’ marked on card placed on top of container.
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	Numerous fragments—between 300-700 in number. Large mass of small papyrus fragments . Containing several fragments of different objects.
Mounting	(unknown)
Restoration Activities	Condition: Very bad. Restoration probably hopeless. All fragments very small.
Comments on Object	Largest Fragment: 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3 × 3 cm) Medium Box of Fragments: 2 1/4 x 6 7/16 x 8 1/2 in. (5.7 x 16.4 x 21.6 cm) Dimensions: small in size, ca. 3 cm. x 3 cm. generally. Measurements: All small pieces.

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)	Containing several fragments ofdifferent objects, written by different hands.
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Old Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting	Although the writing shows a very high level of consistency, the remains of this lot are too fragmentary to easily determine whether they were written by one and the same scribe. Style of writing seems early but there are few connected letters.

Modern Title	papyrus fragments of unclear content
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	(Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Summary of Content	Unclear content due to the fragmentary condition. Impossible to identify text because of small size of fragments. Fragm. 9: "reads horizontally so account?" (M. V. Almansa-Villatoro)
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

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¹Transcription by M. V. Almansa-Villatoro

¹ Transcription by M. V. Almansa-Villatoro

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¹Translation (partially) by M. V. Almansa-Villatoro

¹ Translation (partially) by M. V. Almansa-Villatoro

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RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
06th dynasty				-2350 BCE -2170 BCE	Old Kingdom;

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	318170
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 318170 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.76), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.