Compiled by Robert A. Kraft, starting 10 August 2010 [latest update 10au2010]
The information has been extracted from the provisional Museum Inventory list.
Bold type indicates that the scanned image is available at the official SCETI site (in process 13 January 2009); most other image links are "unofficial," from digital images taken by R.A.Kraft for research purposes, with permission of the Egyptology section, starting in Fall 2008. Due to ongoing work by the Egyptology Section at the University Museum, most of these images have not been made available online.
WMM = W. Max Mueller, purchaser and first organizer [1910-1911]
DAN = Dra abu el Naga, tombs excavated by Clarence Fisher in Feb 1922 (items 29-... below)
NJR = Nathaniel Julius Reich [Dropsie College, Egyptologist; 1922ff, especially the Demotic "family archive" from DAN -- below, 29-086-504-524 (jars 1 and 2)]
AN = Abu Nur (Meydum/Meidum), cemeteries excavated by Alan Rowe, 1929-32 [items 32-... below]; see the 1998 online report by Gary Lease
29-086-494 papyrus, COPTIC , both sides (same hand? note shallow U); four lines || / six lines -- (upside down to each other)
Demotic piece ? [get]
DAN 404
RAK digital image Coptic doc 12my2009 [4584-85]
DAN Jars #1-2 Family Archive in Demotic (and some Greek) -- see NJR "A Notary of Ancient Thebes" in The Museum Journal
14 (1923) 22-25 (on the dating used by Peteshe, item 509 below);
"Witness-Contract-Copies in the University Museum at Philadelpia (and
other Documents written on the same Papyrus-Sheet as the Original
Text)," Mizraim 3(1936) 31-50; "The Papyrus-Archive in the Philadelphia University Museum (the Papyri from Dira' Abu 'L-Naga)," Mizraim 7 (1937)11-19 and plates 1-10, Mizraim 8 (1938) 7-14 and plates 11-20, Mizraim 9 (1938) 7-18 and plates 21-28; Mustafa el-Amir, A Family Archive from Thebes (Cairo 1959); P.W.Pestman, Marriage and Matrimonial Property in Ancient Egypt (Leiden 1961) and Essays on Oriental Laws of Succession (Leiden 1969); Erwin Seidl, Ptol. Rechtsgeschichte (New York 1962\2); Zauzich, Schreibertradition (Weisbaden 1968) and "Papyri Demotische" in Lexikon der A"gyptologie 4.1 (Wiesbaden 1980).
Chronological order: 317 bce (-523.2), 314 bce (-508), 307 bce (-509 and -512), 302 bce (-505.2), 301 bce (-505.2), 287 bce (-507 and -510A and -516), 281 bce (-520), 280 bce (-518), 277 bce (-524B), 273 bce (-517), 264 bce (-510B), 259 bce (-504.1), 251 bce (-522), 241 bce (-511 and -513), 240 bce (-524A), 237 bce (-515.2 and -504.2), 233 bce (-523.1), 230 bce (-515.1), 227 bce (-519), 223 bce (-506), 217 bce (-521), dates not preserved (-524C, -524D). The numbers assigned by Reich are highlighted.
RAK digital images of items still at UPenn, 24mr & 07ap2010
29-086-509 (DAN Jar#1 874; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89363 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #3]) DEMOTIC Sale of a house (08mr307 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #3, also "A Notary of Ancient Thebes" in The Museum Journal 14 (1923) 22-25 (on the dating used by Peteshe); also "sketch c " for arrangement of recto, in Mizraim 3 (1936) 37, and the summary of contents in Mizraim 7 (1937) 14-15 (and plates 1-4) [see also #4 below]; el-Amir, Family Archive 13ff; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 3; Pestman, Essays 66 74 (n.4)
29-086-510A (DAN Jar#1 875A; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89364 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #7]) DEMOTIC Sale of a house (02ja287 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #7; also "sketch f " for arrangement of recto, in Mizraim 3 (1936) 42, and the summary of contents in Mizraim 7 (1937) 16-17 (and plates 7-8) [see also above #8]; el-Amir, Family Archive 33ff; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 6; Pestman, Essays 66 74 (n.4)
29-086-510B (DAN Jar#1 875; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89367 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #14]) DEMOTIC Marriage contract, including 7 Greek lines of "registration" (24au264 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #14; also the summary of contents in Mizraim 8 (1938) 11, with plates 9-10 in Mizraim 7 (1937); on the Greek registration notice, see Mizraim 9 (1938) 23-24; el-Amir, Family Archive 60ff; Lu"ddeckens, Ehevertra"ge #13; Pestman, Marriage 227 (Index); Seidl 194 (Index); SB 6.8965
29-086-511 (DAN Jar#1 876; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89370 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #17]) DEMOTIC Cession of 1/6th of a house (20fe241 bce [corrected, Mizraim 9 (1938) 12]); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #17; see also the summary of contents in Mizraim 8 (1938) 13 and plates 19-20; el-Amir, Family Archive 77ff; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 110; Pestman, Essays 69 (n.2)
29-086-512 (DAN Jar#1 877) DEMOTIC Cession of the house of #3 above (08mr307 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #4; also "sketch d " for arrangement of recto, in Mizraim 3 (1936) 38, and the summary of contents in Mizraim 7 (1937) 15 (and plates 3-6); el-Amir, Family Archive 17; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 96, and LexAeg 4.874 #4
29-086-513 (DAN Jar#1 878; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89371 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #18]) DEMOTIC "Division of liturgies" or Gift of mummies and their appurtanances (19je241 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #18; and the summary of contents in Mizraim 8 (1938) 13-14, with plates 17-20; el-Amir, Family Archive 82ff;
29-086-514 (DAN Jar#1 800b [bottom of jar]) DEMOTIC Three Fragments (Lease? year 10 of a Ptolemy); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #27; also summary of contents in Mizraim 9 (1938) 11 and plates 27-28; Zauzich, LexAeg 4.876 #29 (Urkundenentwurf oder -auszug (?))
RAK digital images, 24mr2010 [including a section of the list of witnesses not included by Reich]
29-086-515.1 (DAN Jar#2 880 800d; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89374 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #23] ) DEMOTIC "Mortgage of a house" or Loan associated with mortgage (18my230 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #23; also summary of contents in Mizraim 9 (1938) 9-10 and plates 21-22; el-Amir, Family Archive 105ff; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 19;
29-086-515.2 (DAN Jar#2 880 800d; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89372 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #21]) DEMOTIC "Mortgage of a house" or Loan associated with mortgage (21oc237 bce), and Greek registration notice; see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #21; also summary of contents in Mizraim 9 (1938) 8-9 and plates 21-22; on the Greek registration notice, see Mizraim 9 (1938) 26; el-Amir, Family Archive 95ff; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 17; Seidl 51 (n.6) 129; SB 6.8968
29-086-516 (DAN Jar#2 800d 881) DEMOTIC "Gift of tombs" or Cessation of property (02my287 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #9; also the summary of contents in Mizraim 7 (1937) 17-18 and plates 9-10; el-Amir, Family Archive 42ff; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 104, and LexAeg 4.875 #9
29-086-517 (DAN Jar#2 882) DEMOTIC Sale of liturgies or property (29ja273 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #13; also "sketch h" for arrangement of recto, in Mizraim 3 (1936) 47, and the summary of contents in Mizraim 8 (1938) 11, with plates 15-16; el-Amir, Family Archive 56ff; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 10, and LexAeg 4.875 #13; Pestman, Marriage 122f.
29-086-518 (DAN Jar#2 800d 883; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89366 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #11]) DEMOTIC Cession of 2/3 part of a house (01mr280 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #10; also "sketch g " for arrangement of recto, in Mizraim 3 (1936) 43, and the summary of contents in Mizraim 7 (1937) 18, with plates 11-14 in Mizraim 8 (1938); el-Amir, Family Archive 50ff; Erichsen, Lesestu"cke 2.1.139f; Pestman, Marriage 227 (Index);
29-086-519 (DAN Jar#2 800d 884) DEMOTIC (see 524 Sale of tombs) Lease (19oc227 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #24; also summary of contents in Mizraim 9 (1938) 10 and plates 25-26; el-Amir, Family Archive 110ff; Zauzich, LexAeg 4.875 #24; Seidl 194(index); George R. Hughes, "Notes on Demotic Egyptian Leases of Property," JNES 32 (1973) 158.
29-086-520 (DAN Jar#2 800[d] 885; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89365 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #10]) DEMOTIC Divorce (01mr281 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #11; also "A Demotic Divorce," Mizraim 1 (1933) 135-139 and plate 15; also the summary of contents in Mizraim 7 (1937) 18-19; el-Amir, Family Archive 45 ff; Pestman, Marriage 186 and Essays 69 (n.2) 73 (n.1); Seidl 120; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 105.
29-086-521 (DAN Jar#2 800d 886) DEMOTIC Sale of "liturgies" or of a place (11se217 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #26; also summary of contents in Mizraim 9 (1938) 11 and plates 23-26; el-Amir, Family Archive 120ff; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 23, and LexAeg 4.875 #26; Pestman, Marriage 88(n.2).
29-086-522 (DAN Jar#2 800d 887; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89369 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #16]) DEMOTIC Sale of half a house; with 5 Greek lines for "registration" (22je 251 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #16; see also the summary of contents in Mizraim 8 (1938) 12-13 and plates 17-18; on the Greek registration notice, see Mizraim 9 (1938) 24-25
29-086-523.1 (DAN Jar#2 800d 888; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89373 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #22]) DEMOTIC "Mortgage of a house" or Loan connected with mortgage (15se233 bce), with a two line Greek registration notice (30se233 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #22; also summary of contents in Mizraim 9 (1938) 9 and plates 23-26; on the Greek registration notice, see Mizraim 9 (1938) 27-32; el-Amir, Family Archive 100ff; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 18; Seidl 51 (n.6) 129; SB 6.8970
29-086-523.2 (DAN Jar#2 = 800d 888; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89361 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #1]) DEMOTIC Deed of gift of a house; see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #1 (dated 10mr317 bce) and #31 ("columns of lists"); treated in more detail in "A Deed of Gift in 317 B.C.," Mizraim 2 (1936) 57-69 and plates 3-4; also "sketch a" in Mizraim 3 (1936) 33, showing the arrangement of #1 and #31 on the recto (--); and the summary of contents in Mizraim 7 (1937) 13; el-Amir, Family Archive 1ff; Seidl, MDAIK 8 (1939) 198 (n.2); Pestman, Essays 64; also the summary of contents of #31 in Mizraim 9 (1938) 12, with plates 27-28; Zauzich, LexAeg 4.876 #31
29-086-524 (DAN Jar#2) DEMOTIC Sale of tombs
524A (DAN Jar#2 800d 889) Demotic agreement for sale of a place, with two Greek lines of registration (21de240 bce); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #19; and the summary of contents in Mizraim 8 (1938) 14, with plates 19-20; on the Greek registration notice, see Mizraim 9 (1938) 25-26; el-Amir, Family Archive 89ff; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 16, and LexAeg 4.875 #19; SB 6.8967.
524B (DAN Jar#2 800b 889) Lease (28je277 bce) see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #12; also the summary of contents in Mizraim 8 (1938) 10 and plates 19-20; el-Amir, Family Archive 53ff; Zauzich, Schreibertradition, Urk. 103, and LexAeg 4.875 #12 (Hauspacht); Pestman, Marriage 87(n.3)-88; Seidl 19 and 129(n.7); George R. Hughes, "Notes on Demotic Egyptian Leases of Property," JNES 32 (1973) 158
RAK digital images, 24mr2010
524C (DAN Jar#2 800d 889) Demotic Fragments from left end of a contract (date not preserved); see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #28; also summary of contents in Mizraim 9 (1938) 11-12 and plates 19-20 in Mizraim 8 (1938); Zauzich, LexAeg 4.875 #28
RAK digital images, 24mr2010
524D (DAN Jar#2 800d 889) Sketch of a contract and 3 lines of a palimpsest (date not presrved); [see NJR "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #29; also summary of contents in Mizraim 9 (1938); and plates 27-28; Zauzich, LexAeg 4.875 #27 and/or #29
RAK digital images, 24mr2010
29-086-unnumbered (Jar #2 800d 889) Demotic "small scrap of papyrus [9.8 x 9.5 cm]; inscribed on verso only, apparently remainders of a list of signatures of witnesses to a contract"; JNR in Mizraim 9 (1938) 12 and plates 27-28
32-042-528 [31-12-104] 7 + 30 pieces of CARTONNAGE with red paint, and some text on the other side (at least two Demotic [access restricted], Greek #1, #2, #3, #4 [note on box: "Greek frag in photo 1021 fell to pieces in Cairo Museum. AR" = Alan Rowe) (remains)
MEYDUM
AN15 (coffin #5) 15-52-3
RAK digital images 07my2009 [4515-16, 4520; 10 + 25 pieces]]
32-042-530 [31-12-106] papyrus CARTONNAGE
MEYDUM AN15
RAK digital images 12my2009 [4612-15 one side only [get]; 6 frgs], 20ap2010 [7844-47; 10 + 2 frgs], 12my2010 [7999-8016]
panel 1 (4 + 2 Demotic)
panel 2 (2 Demotic)
panel 3 (2 + 1 Demotic)
panel 4 (3 + 3 Demotic)
panel 5 (13 + 2 Demotic, blank)
panel 6 (4 Demotic)
panel 7 (7 + 3 Demotic)
panel 8 (2 Demotic)
second set of RAK digital images 09je2009 [4792-4803]]; 14ap2010 [7754-61]
E 14247 papyrus DEMOTIC, both sides, 15-16 partial lines
RAK digital images 05my2010 [7961-62; access restricted]
E 16322 Hieratic-Demotic fragmentary scroll
Archive prints, box 242 (negs 80159-80166; plates A-H)
numerous small fragments [7417-23]
RAK digital images 10 & 17mr2010 [*7341-54, 7413-23; access restricted]
E 16323 Hieratic-Demotic fragments (14 + 6) possibly from two or more documents
RAK digital images 10mr2010 [7337-38; access restricted]
E 16324 "DEMOTIC" but no such object in this folder [see 16321 above]
Archive print, box 242
RAK digital images 16je2009 Greek piece -- / blank || (inked Museum #);
reimaged 03mr2010 [4804-05, 6768-69]
E 16325 DEMOTIC [access restricted]
RAK digital images 19my2010 [8065-66]
E 16326 Start of a Demotic document -- / blank ||
RAK digital images 17mr2010 [7436-37; access restricted]
E 16327 Demotic fragment -- / blank ||
RAK digital images 17mr2010 [7436-37; access restricted]
E 16328
[get images and card]
E 16329 DEMOTIC
[get images and card]
E 16330 Demotic document (5 horizontal strips, perhaps not arranged correctly)
Archive prints both sides, box 242 (negs 139208A-9A) [have]
RAK digital images 17mr2010 [7434-35; access restricted]
E 16331 parts of 11 Demotic lines -- / part of two lines perpendicular --
RAK digital images 17mr2010 [7438-39; access restricted]
E 16332 parts of 10 Demotic lines -- / parts of 9 Demotic lines ||
RAK digital images 17mr2010 [7432-33; access restricted]
E 16333 A-C Demotic (A = 25 lines -- ; B = 22 lines -- ; C =8+ lines -- ) / blank ||
Fragments of P.Insinger; see Zauzich in Enchoria 8.2 (1978) 35 and in LexAeg 4.876 #33
RAK digital images 12my2010 [7980-83; access restricted]
E 16334 A-B Demotic (A = 25 lines -- ; B = 25 lines, 2 columns) / blank ||
RAK digital images 12my2010 [7984-87; access restricted]
E 16335 Demotic parts of 22 lines, left side of a column -- / blank ||
RAK (old xerox and) digital images 12my2010 [7978-79; access restricted]
E 16336 Demotic (parts of 16 lines, left side of column -- / one short line ||)
RAK digital images 17mr2010 [7430-31; access restricted]
E 16337 very fine papyrus, parts of 7 Demotic lines -- / blank ||
RAK digital images 17mr2010 [7428-29; access restricted]
E 16338 Demotic (2 cols, 15-16 lines -- / two short lines ||)
RAK digital images 17mr2010 [7426-27; access restricted]
E 16339 Demotic (parts of three lines -- / blank ||)
Archive print, box 242 (negs 139210A&B)
RAK digital images 17mr2010 [7424-25; access restricted]
E 16340 papyrus, HIERATIC/DEMOTIC MISS [25.3 x 6.5 cm]
E 16341 papyrus, parts of 9 DEMOTIC lines-- / parts of 16 GREEK lines || ["official document, probably Ptolemaic"; numbered 32d by WMM; seen by G. Schwendner no1988]
imaged twice by RAK spring 2009 (4048-49, 4194-95; access restricted)
E 16541 (see also 16537 and "Blue Box")
["numerous fragments from cartonnage (11 pieces = panel 1 [paint], other side [blank]; about 20 pieces = panel 2 [paint], other side [mostly blank]; about 40+ scraps = panel 3 [paint], other side [mostly blank] -- and there are many more!), some from Greek and Demotic documents"]
RAK digital images 23je2009 [4409-15, 4887-94]
RAK digital images, 24mr2010 ("Blue Box" contents) [##]
E 16542 papyrus, GREEK, DEMOTIC [see below, H-I-J] [link to card]
RAK digital images 23-30je2009 [4904-08, 4945-48] and 31mr2010 [many cartonnage scraps, some inscribed] [7570-98] [more links?]
E 16542"H" papyrus Demotic -- / (gesso wash) ||
RAK digital images 23-30je2009 [4904-08, 4945-48; access restricted]
E 16542"I" papyrus Demotic -- / (traces of paint) ||
RAK digital images 23-30je2009 [4904-08, 4945-48; access restricted]]
E 16542"J" papyrus Demotic -- / blank (cartonnage remains) ||
RAK digital images 23-30je2009 [4904-08, 4945-48; access restricted]]
E 16695 papyrus, + [about 100 pieces, mostly papyrus, of which 30 or so are small scraps) MIXED marked d by WMM] [need conservation separation]
mostly Greek Ptolemaic cartonnage, some Demotic (needs separation, flattening)
digital images by RAK 17mr2009 [4271-84; four panels, front and back (8 images)]
panel #1 (backside #1) -- 13 + 3 papyrus pieces, Ptolemaic Greek, some with writing on backside
panel #2 (backside #2) -- about 20 (3 cm or more) + 30 smaller scraps
panel #3 (backside #3) -- 12 + 7 papyrus pieces
panel #4 (backside #4) -- 14 + 3 pieces
E 16696 papyrus, + MIXED [marked d by WMM]
RAK digital images 27jl2009 [5114-16, 5129-35] mostly cartonnage lumps, with RAK notes (1966) [need conservation separation] [find pieces referred to in notes]
E 16696.panel 1 [9 + 7 fragments, mostly uninscribed]
E 16696.panel 2 [5 fragments, inscribed (Greek) and layered]
E 16696.panel 3 [2 fragments, inscribed (Greek, Demotic) and layered]
E 16696.panel 4 [6 fragments (Greek, Demotic), layered, one uninscribed]
E 16728 large Demotic
Archive print, box 242 (sepia 31815, 31817) [get]
RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6746-56; access restricted]
E 16729 DEMOTIC
RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6722-23; access restricted]
E 16730 six + 11 pieces of a DEMOTIC document
RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6741-42; access restricted]
E 16731 DEMOTIC
[get]
E 16732 DEMOTIC
[get]
E 16733 DEMOTIC (inscribed both sides)
RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6718-19; access restricted]
E 16734 DEMOTIC (inscribed both sides)
RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6720-21; access restricted]
E 16735 DEMOTIC (very brittle; one line on back)
RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6739-40; access restricted]
E 16736 Demotic, 4 + 2 pieces (inscribed both sides)
RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6737-38; access restricted]
E 16737 Demotic (inscribed both sides)
RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6726-27; access restricted]
E 16738 [this misnumbered SCETI item = 16378] Demotic
(inscribed both sides)
RAK digital images 03mr2010
[6724-25; access restricted]
E 16739 Demotic (inscribed both sides)
RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6732-33; access restricted]
E 16740 Demotic (inscribed one side)
RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6730-31; access restricted]
E 16741 DEMOTIC (inscribed both sides)
RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6728-29; access restricted]
E 16742 DEMOTIC, 12 + 35 pieces, from several documents
RAK digital images 03mr2010 [6770-71; access restricted]
E 16743 Demotic (inscribed both sides)
Archive print, box 242 (OVP S-EG1, L-EG1) [get]
RAK digital image 06ja2010 [*6044-45; access restricted]
E 16744 Demotic (inscribed both sides; only two lines on back)
"Weizendarlehen" (96 bce); see Cheshire in Enchoria 7 (1977) 52f and plate 9; Demot. Literaturu"bersicht 8, #7; Zauzich, LexAeg 4.876 #34
Archive print, box 242 (xeroxes)
RAK digital image 06ja2010 [*6046-47; access restricted]
E 16745 about 10 + 13 various pieces, especially Demotic
[RAK old note: "Demotic and Arabic"] [not in DV]
includes three small Greek fragments
RAK digital images 17fe2010 [*6635-36] [links]
Box D, folder 24 (? 30+ including Demotic ?)
24.1 (8 pieces, writing on both sides) some Arabic
24.2 (8+ pieces, writing only one side) some Demotic?
24.3 (9 pieces; two blank, four inscribed both sides) mostly Arabic
24.4 (one large piece, 10+ smaller, and scraps) Arabic?
[[update 10au2010]]
