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| Inventory Number | Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.85a-f |
| 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| Publication Status | unpublished |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 | No marks on container. Not known, but probably Elepantine. |
| 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 | Condition: Preserved portion practically intact. Roll can easily be opened. For this roll compare 47.218.48 + 85. Two large and one small separate fragments seemingly not part of the roll. Fragmentary Part of a Papyrus Roll. Condition: Preserved portion practically intact. |
| Mounting | (unknown) |
| Comments on Object | a: Glass: 15 13/16 x 27 5/8 in. (40.2 x 70.2 cm) a: Object: 10 13/16 x 26 3/16 in. (27.5 x 66.5 cm) b: Glass: 15 3/4 x 29 1/2 in. (40 x 75 cm) b: Object: 10 11/16 x 25 3/8 in. (27.2 x 64.5 cm) c: Glass: 15 3/4 x 22 3/16 in. (40 x 56.3 cm) c: Object: 10 13/16 x 18 3/8 in. (27.5 x 46.7 cm) d: 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) e: Glass: 8 1/8 x 10 1/16 in. (20.6 x 25.6 cm) e: Largest Fragment: 11/16 x 2 1/2 in. (1.7 x 6.4 cm) f: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) f: Largest Fragment: 1/2 x 1 13/16 in. (1.2 x 4.6 cm) Measurements: Height, 13.5 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 | |
| Script, Primary | Hieratic | |
| Language, Primary | Middle Egyptian | |
| Comments on Handwriting | Inscribed on recto only in red and black Hieratic. | |
| Modern Title | "Snakebite papyrus" (cf. 47.218.48 + 85) and few fragments from other texts with uncertain content |
| Ancient Archives | (Uncertain) |
| Ancient Author of Text | (Unknown) |
| Ancient Scribe(s) of Text | |
| Summary of Content | "Snakebite papyrus" and few fragments from other texts with uncertain content. For acc. nos. 47.218.48/85A: "Text consists of 6 columns, comprising 25-29 lines per column, listing the names of a number of species of snakes, a description of their appearance, the effect of their bites, and treatment therefore. Thirty-four species of snakes are dealt with." |
| 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 -30 BCE | 6th-4th century B.C.E., paleographical dating; |
previousely unpublished
| DatasetID | 318183 |
| 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 318183 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.85a-f), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel. |
