The Deir el-Medina Database

P. Turin Cat. 2001 + P. Turin Cat. 2005 + P. Turin Cat. 2029 + P. Turin Cat. 2078/161 + P. Turin Cat. 2078/162 recto

Other nos.: Giornale 17-A recto; Turin Necropolis Journal year 17-A recto; Giornale pl. 08-13; P. Turin Pleyte-Rossi pl. 92, 94

Description: Light brown papyrus, 21.5 x 99 cm, sheet joins running through recto columns I, III, V and VI (see Remarks). Recto (H/V) black and red ink, 6 columns: col. I 13 lines (with additional line a to the left of lines 5 and 6), col. II 13 lines, col. III 14 lines (with additional line a to the left of lines 5 and 6), col. IV 13 lines, col. V 13 lines, col. VI 12 lines. Recto I preceded by a blank space (= Cat. 2029). Verso (V/H) black ink, 7 columns: col. I 8 lines, col. II 14 lines, col. III 13 lines, col. IV 10 lines, col. V 6 lines, col. VI 11 lines, col. VII 10 lines. Columns I-IV upside down starting at left edge of verso, columns V-VII starting at right edge (i.e. top recto = bottom verso I-IV and top verso V-VII). See Remarks. Damaged; upper halves of recto I-VI and verso V-VII lost, lower halfs of verso I-IV lost. Beginnings of recto I 2, 3, recto IV 1, 2, recto V 1, 2, recto VI 1, verso II 14, verso III 13 and verso V 1-6 lost; ends of recto IV 1, recto V 1-3, recto VI 1-9, 11 and 12, verso VI 1 and verso VII 1 lost; gaps in recto I 3 and 4, recto II 1, recto V 2 and 13, recto VI 2-12, verso II 13 and 14, verso IV 10, verso VI 2, 3, and 6-11; only traces of recto I 1 and verso III 13.

Classification: account - journal : event - labour - name - portion

Keywords: arrival - death - departure - document - gold - gang - grain(?) - granary - inactivity - Necropolis - oath - reorganisation(?) - side (of gang) - silver - temple - theft(?) - water(?)

Provenance: Presumably 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: Botti-Peet, Il giornale della necropoli di Tebe , 14 and 15, 19-21, pls. b and 8-13 (photograph, transcription, translation, commentary); Helck, Die datierten und datierbaren Ostraka , 521-523 (translation); Pleyte-Rossi, Papyrus de Turin , 128-131, pls. XCII and XCIV (commentary, description and facsimile of recto I-III = Cat. 2001 and recto V-VI = Cat. 2005); Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI, 567-570 (transcription)

Dates mentioned: rnp.t-sp 17 I pr.t sw 14-17 (recto VI ~3#, ~9#, ~11#, ~12#)

Dates attributed: Dyn. 20 (Pleyte-Rossi), year 17 Ramesses IX (Botti-Peet, Helck, Kitchen)

Contents: Recto I-IV: lists of workmen with portions of grain or water and totals. Some of the men are stated to be guarded (sAw ), to have died or to have fled (war ). Recto V and VI: the vizier(?) has the Necropolis administrators swear an oath saying that they will not allow the workmen to leave (Western?) Thebes (see Remarks). He reads aloud a list of eight workmen, upon which the gang are dismissed and given something (see Remarks). Some (robbed?) gold and silver is found. Further events in the temple and granary of the goddess MAa.t involve the vizier(?), the Necropolis scribe 1r-Sri and the eight men mentioned before. Journal entries record the inactivity of the gang.

Terminology: iw (recto IV 3); ir n (recto I 13, recto IV 13); anx n nb anx wDA snb (recto V 5); war (recto IV 4); wnmy (recto IV 5, recto V 13); wsf n tA is.t pA 2r (recto VI ~11#, ~12#); mt (recto II 4); mDA.t sS.w (recto V 7); sAw (recto I 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, recto II 9, recto III 4); smHy (recto V 13); dmD (recto I 13, recto III a, 13, recto IV 9, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, recto V 13, 13, 13, 13); dmD wnmy smHy (recto IV 11); dmD s ? (recto I 13, recto V 11)

Names/Titles: an. ( ir.y-aA n pr pn s 1; recto IV 10); an. ( aA s 2; recto IV 12); an. ( pA 8 rmT ; recto VI ~1#, ~8#); an. ( rmT pA 2r ; recto V 3; nA rmT-is.t pA 2r ; recto V 5-6); an. ( nA Hwty.w ; recto V 5); an. ( Hr.y s 3; recto I 13, recto IV 11; Hr.y s 1; recto IV 9, recto V 13; Hr.y s 2; recto V 13); an. ( Hr.y-sS-od.w s 1; recto IV 9); an. ( sS-od 1; recto IV 11; sS-od s 1; recto V 13); Ii-r-niw.t=f sA OH (recto II 7); Imn-wa sA 1r ([...]; recto I ~4#, recto V 8); Imn-nxt sA Imn-Htp ( sS-od ; recto III 3); Imn-nxt sA 1Ay (recto III 5); Imn-nxt sA Ks (recto I 7); Imn-Ra-nswt-nTr.w (deity; temple of; recto VI ~5#); Imn-Htp sA Imn-nxt ( Hr.y-sS-od.w ; recto III ~2#); Imn-Htp sA aA-pA-TAw (recto III 11); Imn-Htp sA Pn-6A-wr.t ( idn.w ; recto III 4, recto V 10); Imn-Htp sA OnnA (recto II 10); In-Hr-xa sA PA-nfr (recto V 4); In-Hr-xa sA 4tX (recto IV 4); aA-pA-TAw sA 4A-WAD.t (recto III 7); Wsr-HA.t-mr sA MAA.n=i-nxt=f (recto II 5); PA-an-on sA Imn-wa ( idn.w ; recto I ~3#, recto V 9); PA-wa-Imn sA 1r-ms (recto IV 6); PA-nfr sA Ra-mry (recto I 10); PA-Ra-Htp sA MnnA (recto I 9); PA-sn-nDm sA Ra-mry (recto I 11); Pn-PA-Ra sA Nb-nfr (recto IV 3); Pn-ns.t.y-tA.wy sA PA-Sd (recto IV 5); Pn-6A-wr.t sA Imn-nxt (recto I 8, recto V 8); MAa.t (deity; f.; temple of; recto VI 6; granary of; recto VI ~7#); MnTw-Hr-HA.t=f sA 2nsw (recto IV 7); Ms sA Pn-6A-wr.t (recto V 11); Niw.t (geo.; recto V 6; perhaps Imn.t.t Niw.t ? see Remarks); Nb-nfr sA Imn-m-Ip.t (recto III 10); Nfr-Hr sA Ipwy (recto II 4); Nfr-Htp sA Imn-nxt (recto III 12); Nxw-m-Mw.t sA Imn-wa (recto V 10-11); Nxt-Mnw sA Pn-6A-wr.t (recto I 6, recto V 9); Ra-mry sA Nfr-Htp (recto I 5); 1r sA Imn-wa (recto I 12, recto V 10); 1r-Mnw sA 1r (recto III 9); 1r-ms sA In-Hr-xa ( aA n is.t ; recto III 1); 1r-nfr sA OnnA (recto III 8); 1r-Sri ( sS n pA 2r ; recto VI 4); 2a-bxn.t sA 2nsw (recto II 3); 2nsw sA Ipwy (recto II 2); 4r-Imn sA Imn-wa (recto II 9); OAy-Dr.t sA Pn-pA-iw ( sAw ; recto IV 8 - or OAy-Dr.t sA Pn-pA-mr ?); Ony sA 1r-nfr (recto II 6); OnnA sA In-Hr-xa (recto III 6); Od-Hr-ix.t=f sA Imn-xa (recto II 8); 9Hwty-ms sA 2a-m-HD.t (recto IV ~2#) Incomplete: [...] -xa sA 1r [...] (recto IV 1); [...] sA Imn-nxt (recto II 1); [...] sA 1r-Sri (recto I 2)

Remarks: Belonging to Giornale 17-B; order: 17-A recto, 17-B recto, 17-B verso, 17-A verso; see Botti-Peet, Il giornale della necropoli di Tebe , pl. b. Description: height and sheet joins as observed by B. Haring in Turin, April 1995. Botti and Peet, ( Il giornale della necropoli di Tebe , 9, 15, 16, 28, 29) distinguish two scribes who wrote the Necropolis Journal of years 13 and 17: hand A ("mano A") wrote Giornale 13, 17-A recto, 17-A verso I, 17-B recto I, II, VII and VIII and 17-B verso ; hand B ("mano B") wrote Giornale 17-A verso II-VI and 17-B recto III-VI as well as lines a-b over 17-B recto VII-VIII. Contents: most of the thieves' names in recto V 8-11 are also mentioned in Giornale 17-B recto III-VI, P. BM EA 10068 recto I-III and P. BM EA 10053 recto (see Peet, Tomb-robberies , 72-111, pls. IX-XIX). Contents, Names, Titles: Botti-Peet, Il giornale della necropoli di Tebe , pl. 12, note 2, consider the possibility of reading [ Imn.t.t ] Niw.t in recto V 6.

Record last updated 2024-07-15

	P. Turin Cat. 2001 + P. Turin Cat. 2005 + P. Turin Cat. 2029 + P. Turin Cat. 2078/161 + P. Turin Cat. 2078/162 recto
Other nos.:	Giornale 17-A recto; Turin Necropolis Journal year 17-A recto; Giornale pl. 08-13; P. Turin Pleyte-Rossi pl. 92, 94

Description:	Light brown papyrus, 21.5 x 99 cm, sheet joins running through recto columns I, III, V and VI (see Remarks). Recto (H/V) black and red ink, 6 columns: col. I 13 lines (with additional line a to the left of lines 5 and 6), col. II 13 lines, col. III 14 lines (with additional line a to the left of lines 5 and 6), col. IV 13 lines, col. V 13 lines, col. VI 12 lines. Recto I preceded by a blank space (= Cat. 2029). Verso (V/H) black ink, 7 columns: col. I 8 lines, col. II 14 lines, col. III 13 lines, col. IV 10 lines, col. V 6 lines, col. VI 11 lines, col. VII 10 lines. Columns I-IV upside down starting at left edge of verso, columns V-VII starting at right edge (i.e. top recto = bottom verso I-IV and top verso V-VII). See Remarks. Damaged; upper halves of recto I-VI and verso V-VII lost, lower halfs of verso I-IV lost. Beginnings of recto I 2, 3, recto IV 1, 2, recto V 1, 2, recto VI 1, verso II 14, verso III 13 and verso V 1-6 lost; ends of recto IV 1, recto V 1-3, recto VI 1-9, 11 and 12, verso VI 1 and verso VII 1 lost; gaps in recto I 3 and 4, recto II 1, recto V 2 and 13, recto VI 2-12, verso II 13 and 14, verso IV 10, verso VI 2, 3, and 6-11; only traces of recto I 1 and verso III 13.
Classification:	account - journal : event - labour - name - portion
Keywords:	arrival - death - departure - document - gold - gang - grain(?) - granary - inactivity - Necropolis - oath - reorganisation(?) - side (of gang) - silver - temple - theft(?) - water(?)
Provenance:	Presumably 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:	Botti-Peet, Il giornale della necropoli di Tebe , 14 and 15, 19-21, pls. b and 8-13 (photograph, transcription, translation, commentary); Helck, Die datierten und datierbaren Ostraka , 521-523 (translation); Pleyte-Rossi, Papyrus de Turin , 128-131, pls. XCII and XCIV (commentary, description and facsimile of recto I-III = Cat. 2001 and recto V-VI = Cat. 2005); Kitchen, Ramesside Inscriptions VI, 567-570 (transcription)
Dates mentioned:	rnp.t-sp 17 I pr.t sw 14-17 (recto VI ~3#, ~9#, ~11#, ~12#)
Dates attributed:	Dyn. 20 (Pleyte-Rossi), year 17 Ramesses IX (Botti-Peet, Helck, Kitchen)
Contents:	Recto I-IV: lists of workmen with portions of grain or water and totals. Some of the men are stated to be guarded (sAw ), to have died or to have fled (war ). Recto V and VI: the vizier(?) has the Necropolis administrators swear an oath saying that they will not allow the workmen to leave (Western?) Thebes (see Remarks). He reads aloud a list of eight workmen, upon which the gang are dismissed and given something (see Remarks). Some (robbed?) gold and silver is found. Further events in the temple and granary of the goddess MAa.t involve the vizier(?), the Necropolis scribe 1r-Sri and the eight men mentioned before. Journal entries record the inactivity of the gang.
Terminology:	iw (recto IV 3); ir n (recto I 13, recto IV 13); anx n nb anx wDA snb (recto V 5); war (recto IV 4); wnmy (recto IV 5, recto V 13); wsf n tA is.t pA 2r (recto VI ~11#, ~12#); mt (recto II 4); mDA.t sS.w (recto V 7); sAw (recto I 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, recto II 9, recto III 4); smHy (recto V 13); dmD (recto I 13, recto III a, 13, recto IV 9, 9, 9, 10, 11, 12, 12, recto V 13, 13, 13, 13); dmD wnmy smHy (recto IV 11); dmD s ? (recto I 13, recto V 11)
Names/Titles:	an. ( ir.y-aA n pr pn s 1; recto IV 10); an. ( aA s 2; recto IV 12); an. ( pA 8 rmT ; recto VI ~1#, ~8#); an. ( rmT pA 2r ; recto V 3; nA rmT-is.t pA 2r ; recto V 5-6); an. ( nA Hwty.w ; recto V 5); an. ( Hr.y s 3; recto I 13, recto IV 11; Hr.y s 1; recto IV 9, recto V 13; Hr.y s 2; recto V 13); an. ( Hr.y-sS-od.w s 1; recto IV 9); an. ( sS-od 1; recto IV 11; sS-od s 1; recto V 13); Ii-r-niw.t=f sA OH (recto II 7); Imn-wa sA 1r ([...]; recto I ~4#, recto V 8); Imn-nxt sA Imn-Htp ( sS-od ; recto III 3); Imn-nxt sA 1Ay (recto III 5); Imn-nxt sA Ks (recto I 7); Imn-Ra-nswt-nTr.w (deity; temple of; recto VI ~5#); Imn-Htp sA Imn-nxt ( Hr.y-sS-od.w ; recto III ~2#); Imn-Htp sA aA-pA-TAw (recto III 11); Imn-Htp sA Pn-6A-wr.t ( idn.w ; recto III 4, recto V 10); Imn-Htp sA OnnA (recto II 10); In-Hr-xa sA PA-nfr (recto V 4); In-Hr-xa sA 4tX (recto IV 4); aA-pA-TAw sA 4A-WAD.t (recto III 7); Wsr-HA.t-mr sA MAA.n=i-nxt=f (recto II 5); PA-an-on sA Imn-wa ( idn.w ; recto I ~3#, recto V 9); PA-wa-Imn sA 1r-ms (recto IV 6); PA-nfr sA Ra-mry (recto I 10); PA-Ra-Htp sA MnnA (recto I 9); PA-sn-nDm sA Ra-mry (recto I 11); Pn-PA-Ra sA Nb-nfr (recto IV 3); Pn-ns.t.y-tA.wy sA PA-Sd (recto IV 5); Pn-6A-wr.t sA Imn-nxt (recto I 8, recto V 8); MAa.t (deity; f.; temple of; recto VI 6; granary of; recto VI ~7#); MnTw-Hr-HA.t=f sA 2nsw (recto IV 7); Ms sA Pn-6A-wr.t (recto V 11); Niw.t (geo.; recto V 6; perhaps Imn.t.t Niw.t ? see Remarks); Nb-nfr sA Imn-m-Ip.t (recto III 10); Nfr-Hr sA Ipwy (recto II 4); Nfr-Htp sA Imn-nxt (recto III 12); Nxw-m-Mw.t sA Imn-wa (recto V 10-11); Nxt-Mnw sA Pn-6A-wr.t (recto I 6, recto V 9); Ra-mry sA Nfr-Htp (recto I 5); 1r sA Imn-wa (recto I 12, recto V 10); 1r-Mnw sA 1r (recto III 9); 1r-ms sA In-Hr-xa ( aA n is.t ; recto III 1); 1r-nfr sA OnnA (recto III 8); 1r-Sri ( sS n pA 2r ; recto VI 4); 2a-bxn.t sA 2nsw (recto II 3); 2nsw sA Ipwy (recto II 2); 4r-Imn sA Imn-wa (recto II 9); OAy-Dr.t sA Pn-pA-iw ( sAw ; recto IV 8 - or OAy-Dr.t sA Pn-pA-mr ?); Ony sA 1r-nfr (recto II 6); OnnA sA In-Hr-xa (recto III 6); Od-Hr-ix.t=f sA Imn-xa (recto II 8); 9Hwty-ms sA 2a-m-HD.t (recto IV ~2#) Incomplete: [...] -xa sA 1r [...] (recto IV 1); [...] sA Imn-nxt (recto II 1); [...] sA 1r-Sri (recto I 2)
Remarks:	Belonging to Giornale 17-B; order: 17-A recto, 17-B recto, 17-B verso, 17-A verso; see Botti-Peet, Il giornale della necropoli di Tebe , pl. b. Description: height and sheet joins as observed by B. Haring in Turin, April 1995. Botti and Peet, ( Il giornale della necropoli di Tebe , 9, 15, 16, 28, 29) distinguish two scribes who wrote the Necropolis Journal of years 13 and 17: hand A ("mano A") wrote Giornale 13, 17-A recto, 17-A verso I, 17-B recto I, II, VII and VIII and 17-B verso ; hand B ("mano B") wrote Giornale 17-A verso II-VI and 17-B recto III-VI as well as lines a-b over 17-B recto VII-VIII. Contents: most of the thieves' names in recto V 8-11 are also mentioned in Giornale 17-B recto III-VI, P. BM EA 10068 recto I-III and P. BM EA 10053 recto (see Peet, Tomb-robberies , 72-111, pls. IX-XIX). Contents, Names, Titles: Botti-Peet, Il giornale della necropoli di Tebe , pl. 12, note 2, consider the possibility of reading [ Imn.t.t ] Niw.t in recto V 6.