Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.78A

Inventory Number	Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.78A
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Publication Status	unpublished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	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	2 fragments
Mounting	(unknown)
Comments on Object	47.218.78a: Largest Fragment #1: 4 3/4 × 1 3/4 in. (12 × 4.5 cm) 47.218.78a: Largest Fragment #2: 2 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (5.5 × 3 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) Dimensions: The fragments are c. 12 x 4.5 cm.; c. 5.5 x 3 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)	2 fragments written in Late Period hieratic. The larger of the two fragments shows 8 partial lines from the bottom part of the papyrus as well as traces of rubrics.
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian

Modern Title	Fragments of a Royal Book of Protection (Eye Papyrus)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	(Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	religious \| polytheistic Egyptian \| magical
Summary of Content	Belonging to the Eye Papyrus (47.218.87A). Fragments 2: "Protection of Pharao" is mentioned several times.
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

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Fragm_I_x+1
Fragm_I_x+2	.w nw
Fragm_I_x+3	r tpj(?) ḏ.t tꜣ nꜣ.w nfr[.w]
Fragm_I_x+4	pꜥḥw(?) ꜥ.t ꜥ wr(?)
Fragm_I_x+5	y.t m
Fragm_I_x+6	tꜣw m
Fragm_I_x+7	ḫꜣbwt
Fragm_I_x+8	ḫꜣbw.t dr(?)=s
Fragm_II_x+1
Fragm_II_x+2	=s m jr.t(?) ¹god's determinative
Fragm_II_x+3	[m]k.wt (Pr-ꜥꜣ²god's determinative)/
Fragm_II_x+4	mk.t=f
Fragm_II_x+5	mk.t=f
Fragm_II_x+6	[mk.t) (Pr-ꜥꜣ³god's determinative)/

¹ god's determinative
² god's determinative
³ god's determinative

Fragm_I_x+1
Fragm_I_x+2	(pl.) of
Fragm_I_x+3	to earth, the good one[s]
Fragm_I_x+4	limb, arm, being great(?)
Fragm_I_x+5	in
Fragm_I_x+6	being hot in
Fragm_I_x+7
Fragm_I_x+8	she(?)/they(?) eliminates
Fragm_II_x+1
Fragm_II_x+2	her in the eye of (god)
Fragm_II_x+3	[pr]otection of (Pharao¹god's determinative)/
Fragm_II_x+4	his protection
Fragm_II_x+5	his protection
Fragm_II_x+6	[protectio]n of (Pharao²god's determinative)/

¹ god's determinative
² god's determinative

CUR.47.218.78A _R_001

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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;

CUR.47.218.78A _R_001

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	318173
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 318173 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.78A), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.