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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Publication Status unpublished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
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)

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
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Fragm_I_x+1
Fragm_I_x+2 dr
Fragm_I_x+3 jr(.)n=j mj ntj
Fragm_I_x+4 jꜣby.t
Fragm_I_x+5 r(?) smꜣ
Fragm_I_x+6 wḫd
Fragm_I_x+7 n ḥ(n)q.t 1
Fragm_I_x+8 jw=k jr n=f .w
Fragm_I_x+9
Fragm_I_x+10
Fragm_I_x+11
Fragm_II_x+1
Fragm_II_x+2 sꜣ(?) rꜣ ḏꜣ
Fragm_II_x+3 ḫꜣs.t(?) smn.w nn1originally in black but painted over in red
Fragm_II_x+4 nn snb.tw n=f ḥn.w(?) nn
Fragm_II_x+5
Fragm_II_x+6 mjtt=s mw 5(?)
Fragm_II_x+7 snb.tw n=f ḥn
Fragm_II_x+8 ḫꜣꜥ=f
Fragm_II_x+9

1 originally in black but painted over in red
R
Fragm_I_x+1
Fragm_I_x+2 remove
Fragm_I_x+3 I have made like the one who
Fragm_I_x+4 left side
Fragm_I_x+5 in order to cut off
Fragm_I_x+6 being considerate
Fragm_I_x+7 of beer 1
Fragm_I_x+8 you are making for him (pl.)
Fragm_I_x+9
Fragm_I_x+10
Fragm_I_x+11
Fragm_II_x+1
Fragm_II_x+2 (son?) spell(?)
Fragm_II_x+3 foreign country/desert(?) pillars not
Fragm_II_x+4 not will be healthy for him, not
Fragm_II_x+5
Fragm_II_x+6 the same, water 5(?)
Fragm_II_x+7 will be healthy for you
Fragm_II_x+8 he throws
Fragm_II_x+9
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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.