Pap. Berlin P. 21738

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Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 21738
Publication Number	BGU XIV 2418 = SB 14, 11855
Current Location	magazine
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

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:
Date of Discovery Term. Ante / Post Quem Non	between 1 11 1907 and 1 11 1907
Finder (= First Purchaser)	Zucker, Friedrich (excavation director) 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	partage
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1907 and 1907

Localization of Text on Object	recto
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	parallel
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	incomplete
State of Preservation (Text)	broken at top
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Handwriting	documentary, later ptolemaic cursive, hand unknown
Comments on Text Layout	20 lines, other side uninscribed
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+20
Quantity of Columns	1

Modern Title	Private letter
Ancient Scribe(s) of Text	(Unknown)
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Private letter about the encounter with the god Samanouphis and his kin?
Location of Composition	Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: medium)
Comments on Text	ok
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	Syncretism
Comment on Religion	encounter with the god Samanouphis

Transcription

Translation

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x	-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
x+1	τῶι ἀδελφῶι χαίρειν
x+2	καὶ ἐρρωμέωι εὐτυχεῖν· χάρ-
x+3	τιον ἐπανα̣γνόντες ̣ ̣ ̣-
x+4	των των- ca.11 -
x+5	τ̣ω̣ν περὶ τῆς σῆς(?) ἀ̣παντή-
x+6	σεως τοῦ μεγίστο̣υ̣ θε̣ο̣ῦ̣
x+7	Σαμανούφιος καὶ τῆς τοῦ
x+8	συγγενοῦς μεγάλως ἐχάρη-
x+9	μεν καὶ ἀπευχαριστήσα-
x+10	μεν τοῖς ἐνταῦθα θεοῖς·
x+11	χαρίζοιο δʼ ἂν μάλιστα
x+12	τοῦ σώματος ἐπιμελό-
x+13	μενος ἵνʼ ὑγιαίνοντα σὲ ἀσπασώ-
x+14	μεθα· ἔρρωνται οἱ ἐν οἴκωι
x+15	πάντες καὶ οἱ παρʼ ἡμῶν·
x+16	ἐπισκοποῦ δὲ καὶ Πετενεφώ-
x+17	την καὶ Τοτοῆν καὶ Ψενιμο̣ύ̣θην
x+18	καὶ Παῶν καὶ Ὀννῶφριν
x+19	καὶ τοὺς ἄλλους·
x+20	ἔρρωσο (ἔτους) η Παχὼν κ̅α̅

x	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
x+1	to his brother, [sends greetings]
x+2	[and hopes] that he fares well.
x+3	When we read the letter ---
x+4	---
x+5	about your encounter
x+6	with the greatest god
x+7	Samanouphis and his
x+8	kin, we greately rejoiced
x+9	and we returned thanks
x+10	to the gods here.
x+11	You would do us a great favour
x+12	by taking care of your body
x+13	so that we may greet you in good health.
x+14	The family members are all well
x+15	and also those with us.
x+16	Watch over Petenepho-
x+17	tes and Totoes and Psenimouthes
x+18	and Paos and Onnophris
x+19	and the others.
x+20	Farewell. Year 8, Pachon 21.

Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
30545	man	Onnophris (letter late ptol)	Ὀννῶφριν	pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
	08	Pachons	21	-124 BCE -100 BCE	palaeographical dating;

DatasetID	4799
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	04799
Trismegistos	4014 = 18179
Papyri.info	ddbdp/bgu;14;2418
Author	BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning; Ruth Duttenhöfer
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 4799 (= Pap. Berlin P. 21738), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning; Ruth Duttenhöfer.