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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.146

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.146
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Publication Status	unpublished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: high
Ancient Provenance Details	Received in unmarked container. Provenance not given, but Elephantine in all likelihood.
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	A group of small fragments, approximately 300-600 in number. A few large fragments, majority very small.
Mounting	(unknown)
Comments on Object	Average Papyrus Size: 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3 × 3 cm). Measurements: Max. width, c. 7 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)	All fragments are inscribed in Old Kingdom Hieratic. Fragment 1a: 3 columns of text on the verso, 4 columns of text on the recto.
Script, Primary	Hieratic
Language, Primary	Middle Egyptian
Comments on Handwriting	Clear bold hand. Fragment 1a: thin hand-writing, just a litte range in sign-width.
Comments on Text Layout	Many of the fragments are opisthographic. Fragments inscribed recto and verso in Hieratic, red and black.

 

Text Content

Modern Title	papyrus fragments of unclear content - Fragment 1a: letter(?)
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	(Unknown)
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary | letter
Summary of Content	Unclear content due to the fragmentary condition. Fragment 1a: Possibly from a letter? Because of the formula "the servant there".
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
06th dynasty				-2350 BCE -2170 BCE	Old Kingdom, VI dynasty ;

 

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Literature

previousely unpublished

 

DatasetID	318248
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 318248 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.146), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper; Daniela C. Härtel.