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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.128

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.128
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Publication Status	unpublished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: medium
Ancient Provenance Details	Container marked ‘M5’. Uncertain 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	104+ papyrus fragments. Twenty or so fragments are sizeable. Two more small fragments are comprised of layered pages. Group of fragments of a papyrus roll. At bottom are a few fairly large fragments; above are small pieces.
Mounting	(unknown)
Comments on Object	Largest Fragment #1: 3 15/16 × 1 3/16 in. (10 × 3 cm) Largest Fragment #2: 2 15/16 × 1 9/16 in. (7.5 × 4 cm) 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. length, 9.5 cm. Dimensions: largest are e.g., H. 10 cm. x W. 3 cm.; H. 7.5 cm. x W. 4 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)	104+ papyrus fragments written in both black and red Hieratic.
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting	Written in clear hand.
Comments on Text Layout	Two of the larger fragments have text on the verso as well.

 

Text Content

Modern Title	Medical papyrus fragments concerning ailments of the back, buttocks, and anus (belonging to 47.218.75 + 86)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	(Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	scientific | medicine
Summary of Content	Medical papyrus fragments in Hieratic. As the majority of the fragments seem to belong to 47.218.75 + 86, 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)

 

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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, Saite Period (paleographical dating);

 

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID	318227
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 318227 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.128), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Martina Grünhagen; Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.