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Pap. Berlin P. 25043

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Inventory Number	Pap. Berlin P. 25043
Publication Number	SB XVIII 14049 lit
Current Location	magazine \| papyrus depository
Publication Permission Status	(unknown)
Publication Status	published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site	Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos] Certainty: low
Ancient Provenance District	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery	purchase 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	purchase

Object

Object Type	papyrus \| sheet
Size (Height \| Width \| Thickness)	65 mm \| 57 mm \| mm
Dating	between 101 and 200
Criteria for Dating	palaeography
Range of Preservation	complete

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	parallel
Script, Primary	Greek
Language, Primary	Greek, Ancient
Comments on Text Layout	5 lines on recto, no script on verso.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5

Text Content

Modern Title	Orakelfrage
Text Types	religious \| polytheistic Egyptian \| oracular inquiry
Summary of Content	Oracular question to a god regarding the beahviour towards the nomach.
Location of Composition	Soknopaiu Nesos Fayum Egypt (Certainty: low)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language

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1	Κύριε, εἰ μὲν
2	θέλεις, ἐὰν ἔλ-
3	θῃ, ὁ νομάρχνομαρχνομάρχης ,
4	μείνο ¹l. μείνωμενμεν πρὸ
5	αὐτoῦ ειλον

¹ l. μείνωμεν

R

1	My lord, if
2	you want, if
3	the nomarch comes,
4	we should stay before
5	him. take this (?) ¹meaning of ειλον unclear. (after Aly 1987)

¹ meaning of ειλον unclear

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Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				100 CE 199 CE	palaeographical dating;

Literature

Aly, A.S., Eight Greek Oracular Questions in the West Berlin Collection (1987). (99-104)
Assante, M.G., Domande oracolari in greco: miglioramenti di lettura e riflessioni (2004). (96-97)
Brashear, W.M., The Greek Magical Papyri: an Introduction and Survey; Annotated Bibliography (1928–1994) (1995). (3380-3684)

DatasetID	5006
last Change	29.07.2022
Berlpap	05006
Trismegistos	27693
Author	BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Philip Schmitz
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 5006 (= Pap. Berlin P. 25043), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: BerlPap-Team; Daniel Werning, Philip Schmitz.