ptolemaic

PPenn Ptolemaic Greek

[Several Greek items are included in the Dra Abu el Naga (DAN) tomb discoveries, which are dated to the Ptolemaic period by the preserved formulae in the archive. They are treated as a group below. It is assumed as an operating principle that cartonnage fragments are probably Ptolemaic in origin. Closer study of the individual pieces will be necessary to challenge that assumption. We can expect the cartonnage materials to produce Demotic and Hieratic fragments as well, and perhaps sometimes Hieroglyphic (RAK)]

DAN (Dra Abu el Naga) and Meidum (Abu Nur) Greek materials from the Penn Museum excavations:

29-086-504.2 (DAN Jar#1 869) DEMOTIC "Cession of a house" or Withdrawal of an agreement (21oc237 bce), with Greek registration notice; see N.J.Reich "The Legal Transactions of a Family . . . ," Mizraim 2 (1936) #20 (with #15); and the summary of contents in Mizraim 8 (1938) 14, with plates 13-14; on the Greek registration notice, see Mizraim 9 (1938) 26; el-Amir, Family Archive 91ff; Zauzich, LexAeg 4.875 #20 (Verzicht auf das Erwerbsrecht an Häusern und Gräbern, Abstandsschrift; see also #15); Pestman, Marriage 88; Seidl 194(index); SB 6.8969.

L(=ETOUS) I ("10") LEWTI V ("6") PEPTWKEN
EIS KIBWTON EN TOIS MEMNONONEOIS
DIA TOTOHTOS TOU PARA ISIDWROU

29-086-510B (DAN Jar#1 875; returned to Cairo [Kairo 89367 in Zauzich LexAeg 4 #14]) DEMOTIC Marriage contract, including a seven line Greek registration notice (24au264 bce); see N.J.Reich "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; Lüddeckens, Eheverträge #13; Pestman, Marriage 227 (Index); Seidl 194 (Index); SB 6.8965.

L(=ETOUS) KB ("22") MH(NOS) LWIOU IQ ("19")
AIGUPTIWN DE L(=ETOUS) KA ("21") MH(NOS) EPEIF IB ("12")
EN DIOS [/DEOS] POLEI THI MEGALHI
PEPTWKEN EIS KIBWTON
EXRHMH[/A]TISEN ASKLHPIADHS
ANTIEGRAFEUS
TELWNHS ERMIAS

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 N.J.Reich "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.

L(=ETOUS) IA ("11") QWATI Q (overlined, "9") PEPTWKEN
EIS KIBWTON EMTOIS MEMNO
NEOIS DIA TOTOHTOS TOU
PARA ISIDWROY

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 a five line Greek registration notice (22je 251 bce); see N.J.Reich "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; SB 6.8966(?).

L(=ETOUS) LD PAXWNS B ("2") EN DIOS
POLEI THI MEGALHI
PEPTWKEN EIS KIBWTON
DIA POLUARATOU TOU
PARA LEONTOS OIKONOMOU

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 N.J.Reich "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.

[L(=ETOUS) ID ("14") MESOR]H IQ[/V] PUPTWKE[N EIS KIBWTON]
EN TOIS MEMNO[N]E[OIS]

29-086-524A (DAN Jar#2 800d 889) Demotic agreement for sale of a place, with a two line Greek registration notice (21de240 bce); see N.J.Reich "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.

L(=ETOUS) H ("8") AQUR KG ("23") PEPTWKEN EIS KIBWTON
EN TOIS MEMNONEIOIS DIA PRATIOS

29-086-498 (DAN 554) papyrus, small piece of painted cartonnage (with Greek back side) & bitumen encased Hieratic scroll [4568; access restricted]

conservation attention needed (lettering partly covered by scraps)

RAK digital images 12my2009 [4568-70]

29-086-0525 (DAN 1463) papyrus CARTONNAGE #1 (other side) and #2 (Ptolemaic Greek on other side -- [two large and about 15 smaller pieces with identifiable writing of one or more letters, plus some other scraps])

conservation attention needed (possible layers; adhering scraps)

RAK digital images 12my2009 [4574-78]

[top right large fragment 7 w x 5.5 h cm (--), with top (? unless covered by layer) and left margins; 5-7 cm between lines, kollesis to left]
TWN PROS .[
WN OIETH/N AE/SIH/N[
MHOU?S? TWU/N[
MES ....[

[lower right; largest piece 7.1 w x 9.1 h cm (--); 2 cols with 1+ cm and kollesis between but no top or bottom margins preserved; probably same hand as above ]

[left column, ends of 4 lines]
]NTO.. (then covered by scraps)
SPT..
(mostly covered by scraps)
(somewhat blurred; covered by inscribed scrap?)

[right column, starts to right of line 3 above]
...
APO TW.[
META AH.[
QHTWU[
TWH/N[
..AEUS[
EISFA.[

[four next largest pieces (3 inscribed) about 2.5 w x 2.0 h cm]

29-209-058 papyrus, MIXED cartonnage layers (8 + 4 with some Greek);

panel #1, (other side); panel #2, (other side)

conservation attention needed

RAK digital images 12my2009 [4552-55 not sharp, get better images]

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 (very faint; needs special imaging?), #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

Archives box 249, neg 34725, 36491 [imaged both, 04au2010]

RAK digital images 07my2009 [4515-16, 4520; 10 + 25 pieces]]

The Penn papyri collections contain a variety of other Greek Ptolemaic fragments, starting with the several Hibeh papyri awarded to Penn by the Egyptian Exploration Fund and housed at the Museum:

PHib 013 (E03068) cartonnage, mummies 69&70; with a treatise on music on the other side (Hippias? (3 bce) [--]), and documentary materials visible [||], c 250 bce E03068 (PHib 13) -- /other side || (cartonnage design)

PHib 075 (E02824) cartonnage, mummy A 15; Letter of Theodorus to the Phylacitae, 232 bce [--] (other side [||] mostly blank)

PHib 079 (E02825) cartonnage, mummy 87; Letter of Ptolemaeus to Heraclides, c 260 bce [--]

PHib 050 (E03069) cartonnage, mummy A 16; Letter of Leodamas to Theodorus, c 257 bce [--]

PHib 096 (E03070A-C) cartonnage, mummy A 17; Renunciation of Claims (in duplicate), 259 bce [||]. According to the PHibeh description, fr. a is 10 x 11.7 cm [now labelled "B" at the Museum] and an alternate date of 238 is also given.(Archives box 242, neg 32098-9, RAK digital images 2009).

B imaged with the fibers (and some cartonnage paint), and against the fibers [this was called "a" by the original editors -- "96(a)" in red ink].
A (imaged with frg C by RAK, spring 2009) by itself with the fibers, against the fibers [this is identified as "96(b)" in red ink]

C imaged with the fibers (and some cartonnage paint), and against the fibers; also with frg A (in approximately the correct original position).

PHib 117 (E03071) cartonnage, mummy A; Return of Corn Revenue, 239 or 214 bce [--] (other side [||] blank)

PHib 156 (E03072) cartonnage, mummy 117; Acknowledgement by a Naukleros, c 251 bce [--] (other side [||] blank) [incomplete transcription; 5 frgs, see RAK note on positions]

PHib 167 (E03073) cartonnage, mummy A 9; beginning of Letter from Demophon to Ptolemaeus, c 245 bce [--] (RAK color slide)

Also in the Muesum collection are numerous other Ptolemaic pieces:

E 00510 papyrus, about 20 + 20 Demotic [access restricted] or blank, plus one Greek and at least one Coptic (other side) [unlikely to be from the same provenance, despite the assigned Museum number]

RAK digital images 12my2009 [4599-4610]

second set of RAK digital images 09je2009 [4792-4803]]; 14ap2010 [7754-61]

E 12937 three pieces, of which 2 are Demotic (access restricted), one Greek (both sides; start of document -- [year 8] / backside || blurry, perhaps Demotic, perhaps upside down relative to other side)] ["Mrs. Dillwyn Parish"]; RAK xeroxes from 1970s, digital images 2009;
- L(=ETOUS) H ("8") XOIA[binding obscures] /
- ..WI[ /
- space /
- ..]XOIA[ /

"0000-ptolemaic" is a very nicely written letter (RAK xerox), that could not be located in the 2007-2010 photographic explorations by RAK; thus the source is still under investigation (is it the back of the cartonnage panel E16753, which is on display (2011)? a note on the RAK xerox says that there was plaster on the other side) [since the old and unlabelled xerox was made with an 8.5 by 11 inch page as background, the available image has been "standardized" to that scale (27.9 x 21.6 cm) for comparison purposes, using a standard cm grid image]

it is not clear how many lines are present above the first fully legible one
]NHMATWN KAT ARISTOKRITOU..O.[
(never nhmatwn with kat) Ἀριστοκρίτου (/2)
] (interlinear material in a different hand) ..semfqew ...ioszugwn
] SEMFQEWS TOU ARXHBIOS (sp) KAI IMOU[
Σεμφθέως [5/5 hits in papyri.info] Ἁρχήβιος [23/11 hits] (imou- name)
]S ZUTOPOIWN UPO TEQEIKAN EN[
ζυτοποιῶν (5/5) τέθεικαν (5/0 hits)
]APAITOUMENOI OUN UF HMWN[
ἀπα̣ιτούμενοι (8/1) ὑφʼ ἡμῶν (/
](another interlinear half-line in the different hand)
]SEMFQEUS MEN FANE?.TOS? ANOUBIAD[
Ἀνουβιάδος (/26)
]N ARISTOKRITON FAMENOS T.HE..[
Ἀριστόκριτος (/0[4]) φάμενος (/29)
A]UTOU E. LOGEUSANTA DILPO..YAR[
(ἐπιλογευσάντων occurs once; dilpo never)
]EZAN (sp) THN DE KATABOLHN ..UP/H[
τράπεζαν (freq), καταβολὴν (/8)
]HRE/QAI(sp) O KAI AUTOI EPISKOPOU...[
ἐπι̣σκοπούμενοι (/1)
]EN PEPTWKOS DI AUTOUS ...[
πεπτωκὸς (/4), see also δι(άλυσον) αὐτούς (often)
]KAI HMIN SUMFWNES HN EK....OU[
συμφων- (/7)
]OFEILHMATOS KAI TOUTOU IKANOU[
ὀφειλήματος (/9) ἱκανοῦ (/2)
AN]QRWPOIS SUMPERIEN HN EXQA[
ἀνθρώποις (/7) (nothing else)
] .N TOUTON TON XRONON (sp)]
τοῦτον τὸν χρόνον (/?)
]TROPON KAI OI LOIPOI ANOTELET/GON[
καὶ οἱ λοιποὶ (/?) (only teletr-)
]P DIA TO OMOIWS KAI TOUTOIS (sp?) [
διὰ τὸ ὁμοίως (never?)
]another interlinear line in the different hand)[
]TALKAMEN DE ..IKAION PEPOIHM[
ἀπεστάλκαμεν (several) δίκαιον (several) πεποιημ- (many)
DI]ALOGISMON PROS SFRAGISAMEN.[
διαλογισμὸν (some) σφραγισάμενο- (several)
] (another interlinear line in the different hand)[
](space of about 10 letters) ERRWSO L(=ETOUS) V ("6") EPEIF IZ('17")[
]PARA SEMFQEWS TOU FAN...TOS[
(nothing for fan...tos -- father or place name)
](lower margin intact)[

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] B37-B4
imaged twice by RAK spring 2009 (4048-49, 4194-95; access restricted);written against the fibers ||
- 01 . . . EMELION . . .
- 02 . . . . EXORNSIAN
- 03 ]MATEUSI KAI KWM[
- [SB 22.15766(4)] καὶ τοπάρχαις καὶ τοπογραμματεῦσι καὶ κωμάρχαις καὶ κωμογραμματεῦσι
- 04 . . . HEOS OUALIS .
- 05 . . .SOU SOI K ERWMEN
- 06 IAEIAS GRAYHIS EN .
- 07 . THS XREIAS TI . [
- 08 . OQHNAI ETUGXA .
- 09 . ERON LWTA FORON K
- 10 . EWN PEST . A
- 11 . M E . . . .
- 12 . KALWS XR[
- 13 . . SUN UIOI EUS
- 14 OI . KAT . .NDRA
- 15 IS [ ] . U . . N
- 16 ] . .
- 17 ] .
E 16539 papyrus (main panel, other side) GREEK and perhaps some "fake" [15+ "fragments from cartonnage"]
RAK digital images 2009 [4416-17] [do separate files]
E 16540 papyrus,

UNKNOWN ["20 pieces of papyrus [other side] from cartonnage ... Peculiar script on several pieces. Roman Period"; seen by A.E.Samuel 23je1961, "most fragments are probable forgeries. Some frags. [see A, B, C] have Greek [and other side], then with forgery added."] Plus a few small scraps in an envelope.

RAK digital images 2009 [4056-60] [do separate files]

E 16540A Greek -- / fake writing ||

E 16540B Greek -- / fake writing ||

E 16540C Greek -- / fake writing ||
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) [##]

E16542A -- dated late spring, 229 bce; class project to prepare the text [||] for a proposed article. GREEK document (RAK digital images 2006)
E 16542"G" papyrus Greek (Ptolemaic) -- / (traces of paint) ||
RAK digital images 30je2009 [*4941-42]; this is the same as
E 16537 CARTONNAGE (in "Blue Box") GREEK (with 16541) RAK digital images, 24mr2010 [* x 17 = 7523-57]
panel 4 is a significant Ptolemaic Greek piece -- / back blank ? ||

E16542F mentions a Philip in line 6 of the very dark 12 line fragment preserved [||] (other side [--] completely blank); needs better conservation and probably special photography:
- 01 ] . . . [
- 02 ] . . . KAI TA ONOM[ATA] . .E K[
- 03 ]EPIBALONTES EPI THN IAXEWS[
- 04 ] . . . SURON . . . .. . . . .U KAI [
- 05 ] . . . S A EURW EPEBAL[E] EPI TOU[S
- 06 ] . . AISQESQAI KATEG?H FILIPPO[
- 07 ] . ENTE . WN KAI ANADOUS AUTOIS[
- 08 ] . . . . . . . . . . . .TWN ETRAUMATISM[ENWN
- 09 ] . . .E U A I D [ ] -- [ ] . A E K T A T[
- 10 ] . . . . . . . . (blank) [
- 11 ] (blank) . . RS? MESRH (sp) IA [
- 12 ] . MERIS IS TOE/QI . . . . XEIRI E . EX[
E16695 box [about 100 pieces, mostly papyrus, of which 30 or so are small scraps) [MIXED marked d by WMM]
- panel #1 (backside #1) -- 16 papyrus pieces, Ptolemaic Greek, some with writing on backside
- panel #2 (backside #2) -- about 20 papyrus pieces 3 cm or more, about 30 smaller scraps
  - at least two Demotic (one with backside blank)
  - otherwise Greek, some with writing on backside
- panel #3 (backside #3) -- 19 papyrus pieces
  - one crushed roll withPtolemaic Greek showing all around
  - one crushed or folded piece showing no writing on the visible sides
  - otherwise mainly Ptolemaic Greek
- panel #4 (backside #4) -- 17 pieces
  - Demotic (6, one with Greek as well? mostly blank backs)
  - papyri with drawn lines (no lettering, blank backs; 3)
  - includes parchment scraps of Coptic/Greek codex (3),
  - paper codices with Arabic (3) & Arabic-Coptic (1)
  - unidentified paper (1)

E 16696 papyrus, + MIXED [marked d by WMM]
RAK digital images 27jl2009 mostly cartonnage lumps, with RAK notes (1966)
- E 16696.panel 1 [16 fragments, mostly uninscribed, some Greek?]
- E 16696.panel 2 [5 fragments, inscribed and layered, Greek]
- E 16696.panel 3 [2 fragments, inscribed and layered, Greek & Demotic]
- E 16696.panel 4 [6 fragments, layered, all but one uninscribed, Greek & Demotic]

L-0121-00122.H part of 8+ Ptolemaic Greek lines -- / part of 4 Greek lines, top of column || [NOTE: some of the remainder of the "L-0121" listing my be Ptolemaic as well]

Box E, folder 10 (2 subgroups) "cartonnage Greek Document Ptolemaic 3/2 BC"

10.1.1 parts of 3-5 Greek/Coptic lines -- / blank ||
10.1.2 parts of 9-10 lines Greek -- / parts of 6 Greek lines ||
10.1.3 parts of 5-6 faint Greek lines -- / similar ||
10.1.4 parts of 7-8 damaged Greek lines -- / similar ||
10.2.1 parts of about 5 Greek lines, bottom of col -- / parts of about 7 Greek lines (account?) ||
10.2.2 apparently blank -- / parts of about 10 Greek lines, bottom left of a column ||
10.2.3 parts of 4 Greek lines, right of col -- / parts of 5 Greek lines ||
10.2.4 parts of 2 Greek lines, upper margin -- / parts of 2 Greek lines, upper margin ||
10.2.5 parts of at least 3 Greek? lines -- / similar ||

Box E, folder 48.1 very faint Coptic/Greek large piece || / blank --

Unidentified [inventory numbers missing]

RAK digital images 14ap2010

Greek (7)

#1 cartonnage, large column, word division [*7735-36]

[not clear how many top lines]
...AI (sp) TOIS [or EROIS] GINOIOUN (sp) QOUS

          ... ... A(overlined)
          ARGURIKWN (sp) EANAS ...RON
          E.....GA (sp) Q...
          KL.... (sp) KOI.WN (sp) EIAREIPHN ...
          E....NUN (sp) KIQAL
          XRW ......
          E...
          AU...
          ...
          ...
          ...

#2 parts of 4+ Greek lines, upper left corner -- (large top and left margins; similar format to #3 below) / some ink marks || [*7751-52]
#3 parts of 3 Greek lines (and end of previous col.) -- (large left and lower margins, similar format to #2 above) / blank || [*]
##4-7 small Greek pieces [*]

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And from the PPennLibrary collection, the following:

temp 02.01 [||]
temp 02.01b [--] and [||] perpendicular
temp 02.02 [--]
temp 02.02 [||] cartonnage remnants, etc.
temp 03.10 [||] grain transaction
temp 04.09 [--]
temp 09.01.1 [--]
temp 09.01.2 [||]
temp 09.01.3 [--]
temp 11.05 [||] cartonnage remnants and Demotic on other side [--]
temp 08.07.1 [||] Demotic on the other side [--]
temp 08.07.2 [||] badly mutilated, blank on other side [--]
temp 08.07.3 [||] cartonnage remains on other side
Reich 01.1 [--] letter published by RAK
Reich 01.1 [||]
Reich 01.2 [||]
Reich 01.3 [--]
Reich 01.3 [||]

PPennKraft (eBay purchases) includes various fragments extracted from cartonnage:

cart078-2w perhaps a contract? (partly deciphered with help from Willy Clarisse)

1. ] . . Φ [

2. ] Δ . . . . . . . . . [

3.   ] . Λ Ο Υ . . . Κ A Q I Μ . Ι Σ Τ Ο Σ . [

4. ] A Θ Ο N T I N Ο Υ Ν Τ R Ο P [     == καθ? ?ντινο?ν τρ?πον

5.] . . . . I Ε P I Τ Ο Υ T O [   == ?π? το?τοις (or the like)

[under construction; pause 17mr2009; expanded ja2012]