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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.115b

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.115b
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Publication Status	unpublished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	Container marked ‘3T. Unbacked’. Not known, but 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	47.218.115b: 3 groups of fragments inscribed in Late Period Hieratic. The first group comprises 32 fragments; the second 20; the third 2 fragments. Approximately 50 fragments of papyrus, all of which are inscribed in Late Period hieratic.
Mounting	(unknown)
Comments on Object	47.218.115b: Largest Fragment #1: 1 15/16 × 13/16 in. (5 × 2 cm) 47.218.115b: Largest Fragment #2: 2 3/8 × 13/16 in. (6 × 2 cm) b: 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) Measurements: Max. height, 7.3 cm. Dimensions: The largest fragments are c. 5 x 2 cm. and 6 x 2 cm. Dimensions: The larger fragments are c. 2 x 4.5 cm. and c. 1.5 x 5.5 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)	3 groups of fragments insribed in Late Period Hieratic, red and black.
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting	Clear hand.
Comments on Text Layout	Some fragments inscribed recto and verso.

 

Text Content

Modern Title	papyrus fragments of unclear content, obviously of several different objects, at least some from medical-magical context
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	(Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	scientific | medicine
Summary of Content	Unclear content due to the fragmentary condition. A number of different texts are represented but their content appears to be medical or magical.
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 -525 BCE	Late Period, probably Saite Period (paleographical dating);

 

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID	318206
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 318206 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.115b), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.