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P. Milan E 0.9.40127 + P. Turin Cat. 2074 + P. Turin Cat. 2096/261 + P. Turin Cat. 2096/264 + P. Turin Cat. 2096/266 + P. Turin Cat. 2096/272 recto

Other nos.: P. Milan RAN E 0.9.40127 recto; P. Turin frgt. gamma recto

Description: Dark brown papyrus, four fragments: upper right fragment (Turin) 22.5 x 31 cm, lower right fragment (Turin) 21 x 16 cm, upper left fragment (Turin frgt. gamma ) 14.5 x 13 cm, lower left fragment (Milan) 17 x 30. 6 cm. Only upper and lower left fragments join. Black and red ink; recto 4 columns: Turin recto I ends of 6 lines, Turin recto II 12 + 10 lines (lines on unpublished lower frgt. here numbered x + 13 to x + 22), Milan recto I ends of 3 lines (probably ends of lines of Turin recto II), Milan + Turin gamma recto II 16 lines (here numbered x + 1 to x + 17 ); verso 4 columns: Milan + Turin gamma verso I 2 5 lines, with separate text of 6 lines to the left of verso I 1-5, Milan verso II 6 lines followed by a blank and 2 lines written upside down, Milan + Turin verso III 14 + 10 lines ( after 14 numbered x + 15 etc.), Turin verso IV 25 lines. Top recto = top verso. Palimpsest; traces of previous text visible on recto and verso. Damaged; beginnings of all lines of Turin recto I and of Milan recto I and II 1-8 , verso separate text 1-2, Milan + Turin verso III 1-13, verso IV 14 and 15 lost; ends of Turin recto II 11, x + 13 to x + 22, recto III x + 6 to x + 17 , verso II 1, verso III x + 15 to x + 24, verso IV 2, 3, 5-7, 9-15, 17, 19 and 21-25 lost; gaps in Turin recto II 1, 11, Milan recto II x + 13 to x + 17 , verso II 1, 2, 5, 6, verso III 3 and 11, verso IV 1-3, 16 and 20-25; only traces of verso III 14; unknown number of lines lost in Turin recto I, between Turin recto II 12 and x + 1 3 . See Remarks.

Classification: account - journal : delivery - event - labour - payment

Keywords: arrival - document - firewood - fish - gang - grain rations - inactivity - message - Necropolis - payment - requirement - side (of gang) - temple - textile(?) - tomb (royal) - tools - vegetables - working - smd.t

Provenance: Milan fragments possibly from the collection of Bernardino Drovetti (Demarée , JEOL 42 (2010), 55 ). Turin fragments p resumably acquired by the government of Piedmont for the Turin museum from Bernardino Drovetti in 1823 (see e.g. S. Curto, Storia del Museo Egizio di Torino , 2nd ed., Turin 1976, 45).

Publication: Demarée, JEOL 42 (2010), 67-77 (description and photographs of Milan fragment; transcription, translation and commentary of Milan fragment and Turin upper left fragment); Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI, 608 and 609 (transcription of upper Turin fragment recto ); Helck, Die datierten und datierbaren Ostraka , 488 (translation of upper Turin fragment recto) ; see Remarks

Dates mentioned: rnp.t-sp 8 I Ax.t sw 27-30 ( Turin recto II 1, 2, 3, 4); rnp.t-sp 8 II Ax.t sw 1-8 ( Turin recto II 5, 6, 7, 10, x + 2, x + 5, x + 9, x + 10); rnp.t-sp 8 II Ax.t sw 14-18 ( Milan + Turin recto II x + ~ 9 #, x + 13 , x + 14 , x+ 15 , x + 17 )

Dates attributed: Dyn. 20, year 8 Ramesses IX ( Demarée, Helck, Kitchen)

Contents: Necropolis journal of months I and II Ax.t recording work and inactivity of the gang, deliveries of fish and firewood. Special events: (1) sending a letter to the vizier and the scribe of the mat, who are asked for grain rations, but write back about Meshwesh coming to Thebes ( Turin recto II 7-9); (2) collecting and redistributing copper tools (recto II 10-12); (3) court case involving the scribe 1r and Imn-wa ; the latter(?) is to pay a fine; Imn-wa is paid by the woodcutter 2nsw-ms for something he has obtained from the Rebu (recto Milan II x + 11 and x + 12 ).

Terminology: ii ( Turin recto II 9); a NN ( Turin recto II x + 13); wnmy ( Turin recto II 11); wsf n tA is.t ( Turin recto II 10, Milan + Turin recto II x + 9 ); wsf n tA is.t pA 2r ( Turin recto II 4; see Remarks); wsf n tA is.t m s.t tn ( Turin recto II 3); wsf n tA is.t Hr pA di.w ( Milan + Turin recto II x + ~ 13 #); bAk ( Turin recto II 7); bAk m pA 2r n Pr-aA anx wDA snb ( Turin recto II 1, 2, ~5#, 6, Milan + Turin recto II x + ~ 14 #, x + ~ 15 #, x + ~ 17 #); m Dr.t NN ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 17 ); hAb ( Turin recto II 7); hrw pn ( Turin recto II x + 15); hrw pn m Dr.t NN ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 10 ); smi ( Turin recto II x + 18); smHy ( Turin recto I 5 - written smy or sHy , Turin recto II 12); Sa.t ( Turin recto II 7, 9); Ssp m Dr.t NN ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 14 ); di NN n NN r DbA ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 12 ?); dmD ( Turin recto II 11) Incomplete: wsf [...] ( Turin recto II x + 17); wsf n [...] ( Turin recto II x + 14, x + 21, x + 22); hrw pn iny.t in [...] ( Turin recto II x + 20)

Names/Titles: an. ( pA aA 2; Turin recto II 8); an. ( pA aA n is.t ; Milan + Turin recto II x + 13 ); an. ( Pr-aA anx wDA snb ; king; Turin recto I 3, Turin recto II 1, 2, 5, 6, Milan + Turin recto II x + 14 , x + 15 , x + 17; temple of; Milan + Turin recto x + 3 ); an. ( nA MSwS ; Turin recto II 9, Milan + Turin recto II x + 9 ); an. ( nA Rb ; Milan + Turin recto II x + 12 ); an. ( pA Hmt.y ; Turin recto II 11, ~12#); an. ( nA smd.t-bnr ; Milan + Turin recto II x + 5); an. ( pA sS n tmA ; Turin recto II 7, 9); an. ( pA TAy-mDA.t 2; Turin recto II ~11#); an. ( TAty ; Turin recto I 2, 4, Turin recto II 7, 9); Imn-wa ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 11 , x + 12 ); Imn-nxt ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 17 ); Imn-Htp ( sS-od ; Turin recto II ~11#); PAy=f-bAk ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 17 ); Niw.t (geo.; Turin recto I 1, Turin recto II 9, 11, x + 16); 1r ( sS n pA 2r ; Milan + Turin recto II x + 6, x + 14; sS ; Milan + Turin recto II x + 10 , x + 11 ); 2nsw-ms ( Sad ; Milan + Turin recto II x + 12 ); OAy-Dr.t ( sAw ; Turin recto II x + ~13#) Incomplete: Ra- [...] ( im.y-r Niw.t TAty ; Turin recto II x + ~16#; perhaps Ra-ms-sw MnTw-r-HA.t=f ?); [...] ( pA nTr aA ; king(?); Turin recto II x + 21, Milan recto I x + 3 ); [...] ( sS wr [...]; Turin recto II x + 18)

Remarks: Description: positions of fragments as seen on recto. Column and line numbers follow Demarée, JEOL 42 (2010) , Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI , and notes R.J. Demarée . Milan + Turin gamma recto II x + 17 in Demarée, JEOL 42 (2020), 69 is actually x + 16. Publication: data from Turin lower right fragment recto based on notes by R.J. Demarée and B.J.J. Haring . Terminology: Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI, 608 incorrectly has tA is.t n pA 2r instead of tA is.t pA 2r .

Record last updated 2024-06-05

	P. Milan E 0.9.40127 + P. Turin Cat. 2074 + P. Turin Cat. 2096/261 + P. Turin Cat. 2096/264 + P. Turin Cat. 2096/266 + P. Turin Cat. 2096/272 recto
Other nos.:	P. Milan RAN E 0.9.40127 recto; P. Turin frgt. gamma recto

Description:	Dark brown papyrus, four fragments: upper right fragment (Turin) 22.5 x 31 cm, lower right fragment (Turin) 21 x 16 cm, upper left fragment (Turin frgt. gamma ) 14.5 x 13 cm, lower left fragment (Milan) 17 x 30. 6 cm. Only upper and lower left fragments join. Black and red ink; recto 4 columns: Turin recto I ends of 6 lines, Turin recto II 12 + 10 lines (lines on unpublished lower frgt. here numbered x + 13 to x + 22), Milan recto I ends of 3 lines (probably ends of lines of Turin recto II), Milan + Turin gamma recto II 16 lines (here numbered x + 1 to x + 17 ); verso 4 columns: Milan + Turin gamma verso I 2 5 lines, with separate text of 6 lines to the left of verso I 1-5, Milan verso II 6 lines followed by a blank and 2 lines written upside down, Milan + Turin verso III 14 + 10 lines ( after 14 numbered x + 15 etc.), Turin verso IV 25 lines. Top recto = top verso. Palimpsest; traces of previous text visible on recto and verso. Damaged; beginnings of all lines of Turin recto I and of Milan recto I and II 1-8 , verso separate text 1-2, Milan + Turin verso III 1-13, verso IV 14 and 15 lost; ends of Turin recto II 11, x + 13 to x + 22, recto III x + 6 to x + 17 , verso II 1, verso III x + 15 to x + 24, verso IV 2, 3, 5-7, 9-15, 17, 19 and 21-25 lost; gaps in Turin recto II 1, 11, Milan recto II x + 13 to x + 17 , verso II 1, 2, 5, 6, verso III 3 and 11, verso IV 1-3, 16 and 20-25; only traces of verso III 14; unknown number of lines lost in Turin recto I, between Turin recto II 12 and x + 1 3 . See Remarks.
Classification:	account - journal : delivery - event - labour - payment
Keywords:	arrival - document - firewood - fish - gang - grain rations - inactivity - message - Necropolis - payment - requirement - side (of gang) - temple - textile(?) - tomb (royal) - tools - vegetables - working - smd.t
Provenance:	Milan fragments possibly from the collection of Bernardino Drovetti (Demarée , JEOL 42 (2010), 55 ). Turin fragments p resumably acquired by the government of Piedmont for the Turin museum from Bernardino Drovetti in 1823 (see e.g. S. Curto, Storia del Museo Egizio di Torino , 2nd ed., Turin 1976, 45).
Publication:	Demarée, JEOL 42 (2010), 67-77 (description and photographs of Milan fragment; transcription, translation and commentary of Milan fragment and Turin upper left fragment); Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI, 608 and 609 (transcription of upper Turin fragment recto ); Helck, Die datierten und datierbaren Ostraka , 488 (translation of upper Turin fragment recto) ; see Remarks
Dates mentioned:	rnp.t-sp 8 I Ax.t sw 27-30 ( Turin recto II 1, 2, 3, 4); rnp.t-sp 8 II Ax.t sw 1-8 ( Turin recto II 5, 6, 7, 10, x + 2, x + 5, x + 9, x + 10); rnp.t-sp 8 II Ax.t sw 14-18 ( Milan + Turin recto II x + ~ 9 #, x + 13 , x + 14 , x+ 15 , x + 17 )
Dates attributed:	Dyn. 20, year 8 Ramesses IX ( Demarée, Helck, Kitchen)
Contents:	Necropolis journal of months I and II Ax.t recording work and inactivity of the gang, deliveries of fish and firewood. Special events: (1) sending a letter to the vizier and the scribe of the mat, who are asked for grain rations, but write back about Meshwesh coming to Thebes ( Turin recto II 7-9); (2) collecting and redistributing copper tools (recto II 10-12); (3) court case involving the scribe 1r and Imn-wa ; the latter(?) is to pay a fine; Imn-wa is paid by the woodcutter 2nsw-ms for something he has obtained from the Rebu (recto Milan II x + 11 and x + 12 ).
Terminology:	ii ( Turin recto II 9); a NN ( Turin recto II x + 13); wnmy ( Turin recto II 11); wsf n tA is.t ( Turin recto II 10, Milan + Turin recto II x + 9 ); wsf n tA is.t pA 2r ( Turin recto II 4; see Remarks); wsf n tA is.t m s.t tn ( Turin recto II 3); wsf n tA is.t Hr pA di.w ( Milan + Turin recto II x + ~ 13 #); bAk ( Turin recto II 7); bAk m pA 2r n Pr-aA anx wDA snb ( Turin recto II 1, 2, ~5#, 6, Milan + Turin recto II x + ~ 14 #, x + ~ 15 #, x + ~ 17 #); m Dr.t NN ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 17 ); hAb ( Turin recto II 7); hrw pn ( Turin recto II x + 15); hrw pn m Dr.t NN ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 10 ); smi ( Turin recto II x + 18); smHy ( Turin recto I 5 - written smy or sHy , Turin recto II 12); Sa.t ( Turin recto II 7, 9); Ssp m Dr.t NN ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 14 ); di NN n NN r DbA ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 12 ?); dmD ( Turin recto II 11) Incomplete: wsf [...] ( Turin recto II x + 17); wsf n [...] ( Turin recto II x + 14, x + 21, x + 22); hrw pn iny.t in [...] ( Turin recto II x + 20)
Names/Titles:	an. ( pA aA 2; Turin recto II 8); an. ( pA aA n is.t ; Milan + Turin recto II x + 13 ); an. ( Pr-aA anx wDA snb ; king; Turin recto I 3, Turin recto II 1, 2, 5, 6, Milan + Turin recto II x + 14 , x + 15 , x + 17; temple of; Milan + Turin recto x + 3 ); an. ( nA MSwS ; Turin recto II 9, Milan + Turin recto II x + 9 ); an. ( nA Rb ; Milan + Turin recto II x + 12 ); an. ( pA Hmt.y ; Turin recto II 11, ~12#); an. ( nA smd.t-bnr ; Milan + Turin recto II x + 5); an. ( pA sS n tmA ; Turin recto II 7, 9); an. ( pA TAy-mDA.t 2; Turin recto II ~11#); an. ( TAty ; Turin recto I 2, 4, Turin recto II 7, 9); Imn-wa ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 11 , x + 12 ); Imn-nxt ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 17 ); Imn-Htp ( sS-od ; Turin recto II ~11#); PAy=f-bAk ( Milan + Turin recto II x + 17 ); Niw.t (geo.; Turin recto I 1, Turin recto II 9, 11, x + 16); 1r ( sS n pA 2r ; Milan + Turin recto II x + 6, x + 14; sS ; Milan + Turin recto II x + 10 , x + 11 ); 2nsw-ms ( Sad ; Milan + Turin recto II x + 12 ); OAy-Dr.t ( sAw ; Turin recto II x + ~13#) Incomplete: Ra- [...] ( im.y-r Niw.t TAty ; Turin recto II x + ~16#; perhaps Ra-ms-sw MnTw-r-HA.t=f ?); [...] ( pA nTr aA ; king(?); Turin recto II x + 21, Milan recto I x + 3 ); [...] ( sS wr [...]; Turin recto II x + 18)
Remarks:	Description: positions of fragments as seen on recto. Column and line numbers follow Demarée, JEOL 42 (2010) , Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI , and notes R.J. Demarée . Milan + Turin gamma recto II x + 17 in Demarée, JEOL 42 (2020), 69 is actually x + 16. Publication: data from Turin lower right fragment recto based on notes by R.J. Demarée and B.J.J. Haring . Terminology: Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI, 608 incorrectly has tA is.t n pA 2r instead of tA is.t pA 2r .