Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.82a-b

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.82a-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Publication Status	unpublished

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance Details	‘Elephantine, Feb. 1896’ marked on container. 47.218.82a: Not known, probably 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	Numerous fragments—between 300-700 in number. Description: mass of small fragments, approximately 300-600 in number. Small pile of papyrus fragments inscribed in black Hieratic. Lower part of pile appears to have relatively large pieces piled in order - possibly connected portions of text. Large clear hand. Some parts can be restored. Measurements: impossible to measure even large pieces until fragments are separated. Condition: Many small fragments. But one part of papyrus seems more or less intact. The folded part should be opened and mounted. 47.218.82A: Description: small box (10 cm. x 10 cm.) with numerous small fragments, most of which appear to be written in Old Kingdom hieratic. Mixed in are several fragments (at least) written in demotic and at least 1 fragment written in Greek. aAmong them: one folded pap. fragment, dark brown papyrus
Mounting	(unknown)
Restoration Activities	"Note: This fragment is folded. If opened it would reveal more details,and it is intersting because this title is written exactly the same way as that of the Elephantine letter Berlin 9010. If the following sign is tjA could be part of the name of the Berlin 9010 sender: tjAw." (M. V. Almansa-Villatoro)
Comments on Object	47.218.82: Largest Fragment: 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3 × 3 cm) 47.218.82a: Largest Fragment #1: 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3 × 3 cm) 47.218.82a: Largest Fragment #2: 1 × 1 3/4 in. (2.5 × 4.5 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: Glass: 7 1/16 x 8 1/16 in. (18 x 20.5 cm) b: Object: 2 x 3 1/8 in. (5.1 x 8 cm) Dimensions: small in size, ca. 3 cm. x 3 cm. generally. 47.218.82A: Dimensions: The largest (OK hieratic) fragments are c. 3 x 3 cm.; c. 2.5 x 4.5 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)	broken off at all sides. It remains uncertain whether the fragments belong to how many different texts and objects.
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting	written in Old Kingdom hieratic/cursive hieroglyphs. 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. 47.218.82a: Numerous small fragments, most of which appear to be written in Old Kingdom hieratic. Mixed in are several fragments (at least) written in Demotic and at least 1 fragment written in Greek.

Text Content

Modern Title	papyrus fragments of unclear content - letter (among 82a)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	(Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Unclear content due to the fragmentary condition. With fragments of a letter of a “chief of interpreters” (= Elephantine) (82a). Otherwise unknown because the letter is still unfolded.
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Text

Transcription

Translation

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¹Transcription by M. V. Almansa-Villatoro

1
2
3	jmj-rꜥ ꜥw nsw ṯꜣ(?)[w(?)]

¹ Transcription by M. V. Almansa-Villatoro

¹Translation by M. V. Almansa-Villatoro

1
2
3	Head of the royal (small livestock(?)) Tja(?)[u]

¹ Translation by M. V. Almansa-Villatoro

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Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
06th dynasty				-2675 BCE -2170 BCE	Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6 (palaeographical dating);

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Literature

previousely unpublished

DatasetID	318179
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel; M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro (transcription & translation)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 318179 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.82a-b), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel; M. Victoria Almansa-Villatoro (transcription & translation).