Pap. Berlin P. 23677
Verena M. Lepper
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Jan Moje
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Daniel A. Werning
Sandro Schwarz
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin
Berlin
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Germany
Berlin
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P)
Papyrussammlung
Pap. Berlin P. 23677
Pap. Berlin P. 23677
Contract as royal oath. Obligation of three persons concerning the collective collection of different taxes. Double contract with first copy and two lines of the beginning of the second copy.
recto
obligation concerning collection of taxes
papyrus
papyrus
On the right side a vertical sheet join (kollesis) (1 cm).
A protecting strip is glued on at the right side. The "scharfe Schnitt bis zur Hälfte der Blattkante" mentioned in P. Eleph. Dem. 1, no. 11 does not exist.
- object's condition: The bottom is broken off. This end of the sheet with two lines of the second copy should belong to that copy and there fore cut off directly after the end of the first text.
Horizontal breaks along the foldings.
- text's condition: incomplete
Lower part broken off in undetermined extent. In the lower left corner Pap. Berlin P.23677 joining.
framed under glass
"Mitteldemotische Geschäftsschrift." (According to K.-T. Zauzich, in: VOHD XIX,2)
Egypt
Upper Egypt, 1st nome
Elephantine
Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
Egypt
Upper Egypt, 1st nome
Elephantine
Egypt
Upper Egypt, 1st nome
Elephantine
partage
(not relevant)
(unknown)
magazine
Restaurierung abgeschlossen
joining: Pap. Berlin P. 13535 + Pap. Berlin P. 23677
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no. E9d (P. 23677)
720 (P. 23677)
C32
[http://www.trismegistos.org/tm/detail.php?quick=44287]
Parates, son of Payris
Amulet charm
documentary
account
horizontal format
vertical format
administrative document
bill
commentary
contract
horizontal format
documentary | contract | promissory note
vertical format
dedication
dept instrument
diary
foundation charter
hypomnema
horizontal format
vertical format
indictment
Documentary | Jar Label
legal document
letter
"Urkundenformat"
horizontal format
letter address
private
transversa carta
vertical format
list
name list
onomasticon
product list
marriage contract
names
note
oath
vertical format
offer
documentary | official
documentary | official letter
Order for payment or delivery
documentary | order to arrest
petition to the king (enteuxis, mkmk)
proskynema
act of worhsip wšt.t
name
Documentary | Ration List
receipt
tax receipt
tombstone
will/testament
Documentary | Wooden Label
drawing
commentary
vigniette
literary
biography
commentary
eulogy
historic
lamentation
narrative
prose
verse
poetry
wisdom
instruction
proverb(s)
(no inscription)
(other)
petition to the emperor
Prescription
religious
Christian
commentary
dedication
divination
litany
magical
oracular inquiry
Gnostic
Islamic
religious | Islamic | amulet
dedication
divination
litany
magical
oracular inquiry
ritual
Jewish
dedication
divination
litany
magical
oracular inquiry
ritual
Manichaic
Mesopotamian
polytheistic Aramaian
polytheistic Egyptian
dedication
divination
litany
love charm
magical
oracular inquiry
ritual
unclear religion
dedication
divination
litany
magical
oracular inquiry
religious-literary
Christian
Biblical
New Testament
Old Testament
commentary
eulogy
hymn
lithurgical
monastical
myth
patristic
prayer
Gnostic
commentary
eulogy
hymn
prayer
Islamic
commentary
eulogy
hymn
myth
prayer
Qurʾānic
Jewish
commentary
eulogy
Hebrew Bible
hymn
myth
prayer
Manichaic
commentary
eulogy
hymn
prayer
Mesopotamian
commentary
eulogy
hymn
myth
prayer
polytheistic Aramaian
commentary
eulogy
hymn
myth
prayer
polytheistic Egyptian
Book of the Dead
Coffin Text
commentary
eulogy
hymn
myth
prayer
Pyramid Text
unclear religion
commentary
eulogy
hymn
myth
prayer
scientific
astronomy
Book of Dream
commentary/gloss
math
calculation
essay
geometry
medicine
essay
prescription
scientific | Alchemical presciption
scientific | astrology
horoscop
writing exercise
(unclear)
Akkadian
Arabic
Aramaic, Imperial
Carian
Egyptian
Coptic
Akhmimic
Bohairic
Fayumic
Middle Egyptian / Oxyrhynkhitic
Old Coptic
Sahidic
Sub-Akhmimic
Demotic
Early Demotic
Early Demotic - Ptolemaic Demotic
Ptolemaic - Roman Demotic
Ptolemaic Demotic
Roman Demotic
Late Egyptian
Later Egyptian
Middle Egyptian
Middle Egyptian, Classical
Middle Egyptian, Late
Neo-Middle Egyptian
Old Egyptian
pre-Coptic Egyptian
pre-Coptic Egyptian / Greek
Ptolemaic
Egyptian languages
English
German
Greek, Ancient
Greek, Ancient or Coptic
Hebrew
Hebrew, Ancient
Late Aramaic
Latin
Libyan
Mandaic
Meroitic
Nabataean
(none)
(not identified)
Nubian
Old Nubian
Old Persian
Pahlavi
Phoenician
Semitic language
Syriac
Uninscribed
Late Aramaic
Arabic
Aramaic, Imperial
Carian
Coptic
Coptic Cursive
Coptic Half-uncial
Coptic Uncial
Egyptian
Cursive Hieroglyphs
Demotic
Early Demotic
Early to Middle Demotic
Late Demotic
Middle Demotic
Middle to Late Demotic
Hieratic
Abnormal Hieratic
Archaic Hieratic
Late Hieratic
"Späthieratische Buchschrift"
Middle Hieratic
"Mittelhieratische Buchschrift"
"Mittelhieratische Kanzleischrift"
New Kingdom Hieratic
"Neuhieratische Buchschrift"
"Neuhieratische Kanzleischrift"
Old Hieratic
Hieroglyphs
Cryptography
Hieroglyphs | Late Period
Ptolemaic
Greek
Greek or Coptic
Hebrew
Latin
Meroitic Cursive
Meroitic Hieroglyphs
(none)
(not identified)
Pahlavi
Phoenician
Syriac
uninscribed
Lower part broken off in undetermined extent. In the lower left corner Pap. Berlin P.23677 joining.
1st copy
Ḥr-pa-ꜣs.t sꜣ Pꜣ-wp.ṱ
Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Ḏḥwtı͗-mꜣꜥ
Pa-rṱ sꜣ Pa-ḥr r s 3 nꜣ nty ḏd n wꜥ rꜣ Lit.: „with one mouth“.
tw=n ı͗r ꜥnḫ m-bꜣḥ pr-ꜥꜣ
Ptrwmys sꜣ Ptrwmys ı͗rm ꜣrsn
tꜣ mr sn
The real mother of Ptolemaios III. was Arsinoe I., not Arsinoe II. Philadelpha. But due to the banishment of the first, Ptolemaios III. used to name Arsinoe II. as his mother.
ı͗rm
nꜣ nṯr(.w) nꜣy=f sn.w
nꜣ nṯr.w mnḫ.w ı͗rm tꜣ pr-ꜥꜣ.t
For this title cf. also Moje, Herrscherfrauen (2013), with further literature.
ꜣbrnge tꜣy=f sn.t tꜣy=f ḥm.t
ı͗rm nꜣ nṯr.w nꜣy=f sn.w nꜣ nṯr.w mnḫ.w ı͗rm ꜣs.t ı͗rm Wsı͗r ı͗rm nꜣ nṯr.w Kmy ḏr=w
ı͗w=n (r) šd nꜣ ḥḏ.w ḥmꜣ nꜣ ḥḏ.w ı͗n.nw Hitherto read incorrectly as ı͗n-šn (Erichsen, Demotisches Glossar (1954), 34). Alongside Brautschleier “bridat veil” it can (better) be read as Wolle “wool”, cf. Demotische Wortliste online, s. v. ı͗n-šn. n tꜣ sḫ.t Yb n pꜣ ḥtr n ḥsb.t 11
n pꜣ s 3 r-ẖ pꜣ nty ı͗w=w (r) ı͗p ı͗rm=n n nꜣ ꜥ.wy.w (n) sẖ n pr-ꜥꜣ ı͗w bn-pw rmṯ ḏd mḏ(.t) ꜥḏ
(n) pꜣy=f ı͗ry n.ı͗m=n n pꜣ s 3 mtw=w wṱ=w r nꜣ sḫn.w n pr-ꜥꜣ šꜥ-tw=n mḥ.ṱ=w
mtw=n ı͗r pꜣ hy pꜣ ꜣs wṱ=n Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 52.n pꜣ s 3 pꜣ nkt nty ı͗w=f (r) ḫpr n ḥw mtw=n
pš=f r-ḥr=n n pꜣ s 3 ı͗w mn mḏ(.t) ꜥḏ (n) pꜣ ꜥnḫ mtw=n sẖ nꜣ ḥḏ.w nty ı͗w=w (r) ı͗r ı͗w
r-ḏr.t.ṱ=n n pꜣ s 3 ı͗rm n pꜣ he nty ı͗w=f (r) ḫpr n.ı͗m=w r pꜣ ḏmꜥ mtw=n ḏbꜥ=f pꜣ nty ı͗w=f sṯꜣ.ṱ=f r ı͗r r-ẖ mḏ(t.) nb nty ḥry ı͗w=f (r) ḏı͗.t ḥḏ (dbn) 5
(n) pꜣy=f ı͗ry n.ı͗m=n n-ḏr.t Pa-rṱ sꜣ Pa-ḥr r ḫrw=w n pꜣ s 3 n ḥsb.t 11 ı͗bd 2 šmw n pr-ꜥꜣ n
Ptrwmys ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb
sꜣ Ptrwmys ꜥnḫ wḏꜣ snb sẖ Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Ḏḥwtı͗-mꜣꜥ r ı͗r r-ẖ mḏ(.t) nb nty ḥry
n nꜣ ssw Cf. Den Brinker / Muhs / Vleeming, DBL (2005), 25. nty ḥry sẖ Ḥr-pa-ꜣs.t In line 1 and 14 the name of this person is given as Harpaesis. sꜣ Pꜣ-wp.ṱ ḏd ı͗w=y (r) ı͗r r-ẖ mḏ(.t) nb nty sẖ ḥry n nꜣ ssw.w nty ḥry
2nd copy
Ḥr-pa-ꜣs.t sꜣ Pꜣ-wp.ṱ
Ns-pꜣ-mtr sꜣ Ḏḥwtı͗-mꜣꜥ
Pa-rṱ sꜣ Pa-ḥr r s 3 nꜣ nty ḏd (n) wꜥ rꜣ tw=n
Harpaesis, son of Pouoptis, Espmetis, son of Thotomous, (and) Parates, son of Payris – yields 3 people – are the one who say unanimously:
We take an oath before Pharaoh Ptolemaios (III.), son of Ptolemaios (II.) and Arsinoë (II.)
Philadelpha {and} the gods Adelphoi, the gods Euergetai and the Female Pharaoh Berenike (II.), his sister, his wife
{and the gods Adelphoi, the gods Euergetai} and Isis and Osiris and all the gods of Egypt.
We will collect the amounts of money of the salt tax and the amounts of money of the wool tax of the district of Elephantine, for the tax of the 11th regnal year,
the 3 people in accordance with that which will be accounted for us in the houses of writing of Pharaoh, without any men saying something wrong
to his companion among us, the 3 people. And they shall be paid to the banks of Pharaoh until we have paid them in full.
And we will bear the allowance and the loss between us, the 3 people. That which shall arise as profit, we will
divide it among us, the 3 people, so that there is no falsehood n the oath. And we will write the money which shall be paid
to us, the 3 people, `and´ the expense which shall arise therein, `in a papyrus roll and we will seal it´. The one who will withdraw from it according with everything mentioned above, he should pay 5 silver (deben)
(to) his companion among us. Issued by Parates, son of Payris, on declaration of the three men, in the 11th regnal year, Payni of Pharaoh Ptolemaios (III.) LPH,
son of Ptolemaios (II.) LPH. [_] Countersigned by Espmetis, son of Thotomous, to act in accordance with everything mentioned above,
in the times mentioned above. [_] Countersigned by Harsiesis, son of Pouoptis: I will act in accordance with everything written above, in the times mentioned above.
Harpaesis, son of Pouoptis, Espmetis, son of Thotomous, (and) Parates, son of Payris – yields 3 people – are the one who say unanimously: ⸢We⸣ [///]