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Inventory Number | Pap. Paris, Louvre L/2276/257 A |
Publication Number | inedit |
Current Location | Paris, Musée National du Louvre |
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Publication Status | unpublished |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: |
Ancient Provenance District | Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Type of Discovery | archaeological excavation Certainty: |
Finder (= First Purchaser) | Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Certainty: |
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt | Elephantine |
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt | Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution | old stock |
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution | between 1912 and |
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) | Unknown Certainty: |
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution) | Tuckett, Francis Fox Certainty: |
Object Type | papyrus |
Dating of Object | The 2nd-3rd AH/ 8th-9th CE centuries |
Range of Preservation | incomplete |
State of Preservation | Cut off in all sides. There is another text on the other side, but due to restoration concerns, it could not be photographed. |
Localization of Text on Object | recto/verso | |
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) | perpendicular (recto) | |
Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
Range of Preservation (Text) | incomplete | |
State of Preservation (Text) | Unknown amount of text is missing due to the fragmentary nature of the papyrus. | |
Script, Primary | Arabic | |
Language, Primary | Arabic | |
recto | verso | |
Quantity of Lines | 5 | |
Quantity of Columns | 1 |
Modern Title | Business letter |
Text Types |
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Summary of Content | Part of a business letter discussing the sale of goods, the price, and previously sent letters. |
Location of Composition | Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: ) |
Multilingualism | Script = Language Monolingual |
RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
The 2nd-3rd AH/ 8th-9th CE centuries; |
previousely unpublished
DatasetID | 318524 |
last Change | 29.07.2022 |
Author | Ahmed Kamal |
Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation | Data set 318524 (= Pap. Paris, Louvre L/2276/257 A ), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Ahmed Kamal. |