Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.134 A

Inventory Number	Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.134 A
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Publication Status	unpublished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 ‘LA’. Not known, 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	47.218.134a: Small group of approximately 20 papyrus fragments, 10 of which bear Late Period hieratic writing.
Mounting	(unknown)
Comments on Object	47.218.134a: Largest Fragment: 4 5/16 × 1 9/16 in. (11 × 4 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) Dimensions: the largest fragment is 11 x 4 cm. (the Eye Papyrus fragment).

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)	Approximately 20 papyrus fragments, 10 of which bear Late Period Hieratic writing.
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian

Modern Title	fragments of a book of protecting pharao
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	(Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Summary of Content	Fragments of a book of protecting pharao.
Location of Composition	unknown unknown Egypt (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Religion	Polytheism (Egyptian)

Transcription

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Fragm_I_x+1	ꜣy m grḥ
Fragm_I_x+2	¹god's determinative Pr-ꜥꜣ²god's determinative wḏꜣ
Fragm_I_x+3	ꜣw.t³god's determinative n hrw
Fragm_I_x+4	r-ḫft ḥr
Fragm_I_x+5	⁴god's determinative ꜥnḫ-wḏꜣ-snb m-ꜥ jḫ.wt
Fragm_I_x+6	tp nfr
Fragm_I_x+7	=s r=f
Fragm_I_x+8	nb(.t) m-ꜥ

¹ god's determinative
² god's determinative
³ god's determinative
⁴ god's determinative

Fragm_I_x+1	in the night
Fragm_I_x+2	Pharao being well
Fragm_I_x+3	of the day
Fragm_I_x+4
Fragm_I_x+5	¹god's determinativelife, well-being, health by/of/with things
Fragm_I_x+6	head beautiful
Fragm_I_x+7	her/its heat (or the like) to him(?)
Fragm_I_x+8	all by/of/with

¹ god's determinative

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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, likely the Saite Period.;

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previousely unpublished

DatasetID	318234
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 318234 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.134 A), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.