The Deir el-Medina Database

P. BM EA 75015

Other nos.: P. Bankes I

Description: Papyrus sheet, 24 x 22.5 cm. Damaged. Several folds discernible in the lower half of the verso, each ca. 2.3 cm in height. Recto V/H, verso H/V. Top recto = bottom verso. In black ink 17 lines of writing on the recto and 8 lines (including address) on the verso. Top edge broken off, causing damages in line 1 of the recto; and a gap near the lower left border on the recto, resulting in lacunae in lines 16 and 17 of the recto and line 1 of the verso. Address at the bottom of the verso.

Classification: letter

Keywords: arrival - document - junior - message - payment - servant - silver

Provenance: Acquired by the British Museum in 1996 from the collection of W. Bankes formed in 1819 in Thebes. See Remarks

Publication: Demarée, Bankes Late Ramesside Papyri , 7-9, 34-37, pl. 1-4 (photographs, transcription, translation, commentary); Edwards, JEA 68 (1982), 126-132 (description, transcription, translation and commentary), pl. XII (photographs); Navailles and Neveu, GM 103 (1990), 51-60 (transliteration, translation and commentary); Satzinger, Essays Goedicke , 233-235 (translation and commentary) ; Wente, Letters , 129-130 no. 154 (translation)

Dates mentioned: -

Dates attributed: Dyn. 19 (Edwards - see Remarks ); late dyn. 20 ( Demarée, Wente)

Contents: A letter from the builder of the temple of Amon-Re Wn-n=i-Imn to the merchant of the temple of Amon-Re Imn-xa (who is north of Thebes), telling him to deal with the affair of an abducted maidservant and her son, and bring back replacements.

Terminology: NN Hr nD xr.t n NN m anx wDA snb m Hs.w.t (recto ~1-2#); NN n NN (verso 8); r Dd (recto 13, 15, 16; verso 2); hAb (recto 13, 14; verso 5); Hna Dd r nty (recto 3-4); Sa.t (recto 17)

Names/Titles: an. (f.; bAk.t (written bAk ); verso 2 (referring to 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ); an. (f.; bAk.t (written bAk ); verso 4); an. ( pA rmT ; recto 9); an. ( pAy=s Sri ; verso 4); an. ( nA rmT ; verso ~1#); an. (f.; tA bAk.t (written tA bAk ; recto 11 referring to 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ); an. (f.; tAy rmT ; recto 6-7, 7 referring to 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ); an. (f.; tAy=i bAk.t (written bAk ); recto 15 referring to 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ); an. (f.; tAy=k bAk.t (written bAk ); recto 13-14 referring to 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ); an. (f.; tAy=n sn.t ; recto ~16# referring to 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ); Iw=f-n-Imn ( sS ; recto 13); Iwhpy ( aA n thr ; recto 10 ( pAy=k Hr.y )); Imn (deity; recto 3); Imn-Ra-nswt-nTr.w (deity; recto 2); Imn-xa ( Swy.t.y n pr Imn-Ra-nswt-nTr.w ; recto 1-2, 11; verso 8 ( Swy.t.y n pr Imn )); Ix-tr-pAy ( Hr.y-mr.t ; recto 8; verso 3 title only); Wn-n=i-Imn (or Wn-Imn (?); od n pr Imn-Ra-nswt-nTr.w ; recto ~1#; verso 8 ( od n pr Imn )); PA-im.y-r-Snw.t.y (wHa ; recto 5-6); PA-sbty-n-Mw.t (geo.; recto 16); Mw.t (f.; deity; recto 3); Niw.t (geo.; recto 4); 1r ( Sms.w ; recto 6); 2nsw (deity; recto 3); Gm-Imn ( Hm ; Sri of 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ; recto 5); 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t (f.; Hm.t ; recto 4). Incomplete: [...] rmT (recto 16)

Remarks: Provenance: Contrary to what Edwards states ( JEA 68, 126) Bankes acquired his papyri during his second visit in 1819. Dating: The arguments by Edwards for a 19th dynasty date are not convincing, see Winand in RdE 46 (1995), 197-8, who concludes to a date in the period Ramesses V - IX.

Record last updated 2016-06-29

	P. BM EA 75015
Other nos.:	P. Bankes I

Description:	Papyrus sheet, 24 x 22.5 cm. Damaged. Several folds discernible in the lower half of the verso, each ca. 2.3 cm in height. Recto V/H, verso H/V. Top recto = bottom verso. In black ink 17 lines of writing on the recto and 8 lines (including address) on the verso. Top edge broken off, causing damages in line 1 of the recto; and a gap near the lower left border on the recto, resulting in lacunae in lines 16 and 17 of the recto and line 1 of the verso. Address at the bottom of the verso.
Classification:	letter
Keywords:	arrival - document - junior - message - payment - servant - silver
Provenance:	Acquired by the British Museum in 1996 from the collection of W. Bankes formed in 1819 in Thebes. See Remarks
Publication:	Demarée, Bankes Late Ramesside Papyri , 7-9, 34-37, pl. 1-4 (photographs, transcription, translation, commentary); Edwards, JEA 68 (1982), 126-132 (description, transcription, translation and commentary), pl. XII (photographs); Navailles and Neveu, GM 103 (1990), 51-60 (transliteration, translation and commentary); Satzinger, Essays Goedicke , 233-235 (translation and commentary) ; Wente, Letters , 129-130 no. 154 (translation)
Dates mentioned:	-
Dates attributed:	Dyn. 19 (Edwards - see Remarks ); late dyn. 20 ( Demarée, Wente)
Contents:	A letter from the builder of the temple of Amon-Re Wn-n=i-Imn to the merchant of the temple of Amon-Re Imn-xa (who is north of Thebes), telling him to deal with the affair of an abducted maidservant and her son, and bring back replacements.
Terminology:	NN Hr nD xr.t n NN m anx wDA snb m Hs.w.t (recto ~1-2#); NN n NN (verso 8); r Dd (recto 13, 15, 16; verso 2); hAb (recto 13, 14; verso 5); Hna Dd r nty (recto 3-4); Sa.t (recto 17)
Names/Titles:	an. (f.; bAk.t (written bAk ); verso 2 (referring to 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ); an. (f.; bAk.t (written bAk ); verso 4); an. ( pA rmT ; recto 9); an. ( pAy=s Sri ; verso 4); an. ( nA rmT ; verso ~1#); an. (f.; tA bAk.t (written tA bAk ; recto 11 referring to 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ); an. (f.; tAy rmT ; recto 6-7, 7 referring to 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ); an. (f.; tAy=i bAk.t (written bAk ); recto 15 referring to 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ); an. (f.; tAy=k bAk.t (written bAk ); recto 13-14 referring to 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ); an. (f.; tAy=n sn.t ; recto ~16# referring to 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ); Iw=f-n-Imn ( sS ; recto 13); Iwhpy ( aA n thr ; recto 10 ( pAy=k Hr.y )); Imn (deity; recto 3); Imn-Ra-nswt-nTr.w (deity; recto 2); Imn-xa ( Swy.t.y n pr Imn-Ra-nswt-nTr.w ; recto 1-2, 11; verso 8 ( Swy.t.y n pr Imn )); Ix-tr-pAy ( Hr.y-mr.t ; recto 8; verso 3 title only); Wn-n=i-Imn (or Wn-Imn (?); od n pr Imn-Ra-nswt-nTr.w ; recto ~1#; verso 8 ( od n pr Imn )); PA-im.y-r-Snw.t.y (wHa ; recto 5-6); PA-sbty-n-Mw.t (geo.; recto 16); Mw.t (f.; deity; recto 3); Niw.t (geo.; recto 4); 1r ( Sms.w ; recto 6); 2nsw (deity; recto 3); Gm-Imn ( Hm ; Sri of 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t ; recto 5); 6n.t-iw-n-9d.t (f.; Hm.t ; recto 4). Incomplete: [...] rmT (recto 16)
Remarks:	Provenance: Contrary to what Edwards states ( JEA 68, 126) Bankes acquired his papyri during his second visit in 1819. Dating: The arguments by Edwards for a 19th dynasty date are not convincing, see Winand in RdE 46 (1995), 197-8, who concludes to a date in the period Ramesses V - IX.