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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.132 b

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.132 b
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Publication Status unpublished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 unknown () [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high
Ancient Provenance Details Unknown. Container marked ‘LA 6’. Not known.
Ancient Provenance District unknown () [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 unknown () [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution donation
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Wilbour, Theodora
Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) (not relevant)
Certainty: high

Object

Object Type papyrus
Range of Preservation incomplete
State of Preservation 13 small fragments
Mounting (unknown)
Comments on Object 47.218.132a: Largest Fragment: 1 3/16 × 13/16 in. (3 × 2 cm) a: 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)

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) The relatively small size of the fragments precludes a reading of more than a few signs and perhaps a word here and there. Their size and fragmented state makes it impossible to determine if they all or even some of them belonged to one and the same text.
Script, Primary Hieratic
Language, Primary Middle Egyptian
Comments on Text Layout 13 small fragments bearing traces of Hieratic writing. Three of them show writing on the verso as well.

 

Text Content

Modern Title papyrus fragments of unclear content
Ancient Archives (Uncertain)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text
Text Types
  • documentary
Summary of Content Unclear content due to the fragmentary condition. Four fragments.
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;

 

Pictures

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CUR.47.218.132b_recto_
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CUR.47.218.132b_verso_
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Literature

 

DatasetID 318231
last Change 29.07.2022
Author Verena Lepper (metadata); Jan Moje (Demotic)
Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation Data set 318231 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.132 b), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper (metadata); Jan Moje (Demotic).