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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.86a-p

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Collection

Inventory Number	Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.86a-p
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Publication Status	unpublished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	Received in plain container. 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

Object Type	papyrus
Range of Preservation	incomplete
State of Preservation	Numerous fragments. A rather damaged papyrus roll, consisting of a number of fragments belonging to the upper half of the roll and a similar number belonging to the lower half of the roll. There are 7 columns of text on the recto and 3 on the verso, not including one more column that has been almost completely abraded. Roll is clearly not preserved in original height.
Mounting	(unknown)
Comments on Object	47.218.86a: Largest Fragment #1: 1 × 2 3/16 in. (2.5 × 5.5 cm) 47.218.86a: Largest Fragment #2: 1 15/16 × 1 15/16 in. (5 × 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: 10 1/2 x 8 1/8 in. (26.6 x 20.7 cm) b: Largest Fragment: 2 5/8 x 5 1/2 in. (6.6 x 14 cm) c: Glass: 7 15/16 x 10 3/16 in. (20.1 x 25.9 cm) c: Largest Fragment: 5 9/16 x 6 5/8 in. (14.2 x 16.9 cm) d: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) d: Largest Fragment: 5 15/16 x 6 5/16 in. (15.1 x 16 cm) e: Glass: 8 3/8 x 10 3/16 in. (21.2 x 25.8 cm) e: Largest Fragment: 5 7/16 x 6 7/8 in. (13.8 x 17.5 cm) f: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) f: Object: 4 3/16 x 6 1/2 in. (10.7 x 16.5 cm) g: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) g: Object: 5 5/16 x 6 9/16 in. (13.5 x 16.7 cm) h: Glass: 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 in. (20.9 x 26 cm) h: Object: 5 1/2 x 6 5/16 in. (14 x 16 cm) i: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) i: Object: 5 1/2 x 6 3/8 in. (14 x 16.2 cm) j: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) j: Object: 5 5/16 x 6 7/8 in. (13.5 x 17.5 cm) k: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 7/16 in. (20.5 x 26.5 cm) k: Object: 4 15/16 x 6 3/8 in. (12.5 x 16.2 cm) l: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/4 in. (20.5 x 26 cm) l: Object: 5 1/16 x 6 9/16 in. (12.9 x 16.7 cm) m: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) m: Largest Fragment: 3 3/8 x 6 5/16 in. (8.6 x 16.1 cm) n: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) n: Largest Fragment: 3 3/4 x 5 7/8 in. (9.6 x 15 cm) o: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) o: Largest Fragment: 4 x 6 1/4 in. (10.1 x 15.8 cm) p: Glass: 8 1/16 x 10 1/16 in. (20.5 x 25.5 cm) p: Largest Fragment: 2 9/16 x 6 3/16 in. (6.5 x 15.7 cm) Measurements: Height, 16.3 cm.

Text Basic Information

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)	broken off at all sides.
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting	47.218.86: Inscribed recto and verso in black and red Hieratic. Large clear hand. The text is composed in a good but rather small Late Period hieratic hand in black ink, with prescriptions and headers written in red ink.

 

Text Content

Modern Title	medical papyrus concerning ailments of the back, buttocks and anus
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	(Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	scientific | medicine
Summary of Content	The sole content of the papyrus concerns ailments of the back, buttocks, and anus.
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

 

 

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Late Period (26th dynasty - 31st dynasty)				-664 BCE -332 BCE	palaeographical dating;

 

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID	318184
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 318184 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.86a-p), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.