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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Publication Status | unpublished |
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 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. |
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. |
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 |
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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) |
Transcription | Translation | Pictures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 originally in black but painted over in red |
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Places (read out from edition) |
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); |
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. |