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Pap. Paris, Louvre L/2276/257 A

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Metadata

Collection

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Publication Status unpublished

Origin / Provenance

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

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.

Text Basic Information

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

 

Text Content

Modern Title Business letter
Text Types
  • documentary | letter
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

 

 

Dates

RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
The 2nd-3rd AH/ 8th-9th CE centuries;

 

Pictures

257_A-Pl-1_R_001
Reserved Copyright

 

Literature

previousely unpublished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.