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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Publication Status | unpublished |
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 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. |
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. |
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 | |
Text Types |
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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) |
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); |
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. |