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ME Torino Provv. 6134 (Bott lin. 1 dal 13° rotolo)
archival note
Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)
103 BCE
The linen ME Torino Provv. 6134 (= Botti lin. 1; TM 48934) belongs to the archive of Totoes and Tatehathyris, discovered in 1905 during excavations of the Museo Egizio Torino, in two sealed jars in a house near the Hathor temple at Deir el-Medina ("House G"). The sealed jars were opened in the Museo Egizio. Inside, several papyrus scrolls were found, wrapped by linen or papyri, some of which had archival notes and/or seals. Unfortunately, when the jars and papyrus scrolls were opened, the arrangement of the individual papyri within the jars was not noted, so that an exact assignment of the individual documents to the jars, the scrolls and the linen or seals is not assured completely until now. In total, there were 53 papyri in approximately 33 to 35 scrolls (on the discovery and history of the archive in detail: Uggetti, Archives Totoès et TatéhathyrisUggetti, L., Les archives bilingues de Totoès et de Tatéhathyris I-II (Archive ouverte HAL; Paris, 2018)., 2-55). ME Torino Provv. 6134 (= Botti lin. 1) is assigned to scroll 13 in which the P. ME Torino Supp. 6071 (= P. Tor. Botti 32, TM 45104) was kept.

It is a well-preserved rectangular, coarsely woven linen 70.5 cm long and 7.5 cm high. The archival note on the linen comprises one line (distance of the inscription from the edges of the linen strip: top 0 cm, bottom 1.5 cm, right 13 cm, left 47 cm) and indicates that the document wrapped with this linen belonged to Pikos (B; P45), pastophoros of Amun of Djeme, the son of Psenminis (D; P42), brother of Tatehathyris (P44), the wife of Totoes (P21) (in this text edition, the Pers ID‘s of Uggetti, Archives Totoès et TatéhathyrisUggetti, L., Les archives bilingues de Totoès et de Tatéhathyris I-II (Archive ouverte HAL; Paris, 2018)., I. 194-404, are given for all persons mentioned; see there especially: Family tree of the family of Totoes (P21), I. 194; Family tree of the family of Tatehathyris (P44), I. 227)).
As already mentioned above, this document is P. ME Torino Supp. 6071 (= P. Tor. Botti 32, TM 45104). It concerns a Demotic payment receipt for the lease of the so called highland field "The Point". The recipient of the payment is Pikos (B; P45), son of Psenminis (D; P42), the payer is his sister Tatehathyris (P44). P. ME Torino Supp. 6071 (= P. Tor. Botti 32, TM 45104) is dated on BC 103 May 15. For this reason, the linen ribbon will have been inscribed a few days later.
- Uggetti, L., Les archives bilingues de Totoès et de Tatéhathyris I-II (Archive ouverte HAL; Paris, 2018), II. 266 (P. Tor. Totoès 34) [= ME Torino Provv. 6134 / Botti lin. 1].
- Boswinkel, E. / Pestman, P.W. (edd.), Textes Grecs, Démotiques et Bilingues (Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava 19; Leiden 1978), 144 Anm.1.
- Brinker, den A. / Muhs, B.P. / Vleeming, S.P. (edd.), A Berichtigungsliste of Demotic Documents (Studia Demotica 7.A, B, C; Leuven / Paris / Dudley, MA 2005-2013), A, 401.
- Botti, G., L'archivio demotico da Deir el-Medineh I-II, (Catalogo del Museo Egizio di Torino. Ser. 1, Monumenti e Testi 1.I-II; Firenze, 1967)., I. 204 (Benda n. 1), II. Tav. L, N.1 (Rotolo 13).
- Museo Egizio Papyrus Collection - Turin Papyrus Online Platform (TPOP).
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Pikos (B; P45): Uggetti, Archives Totoès et Tatéhathyris I-IIUggetti, L., Les archives bilingues de Totoès et de Tatéhathyris I-II (Archive ouverte HAL; Paris, 2018)., 227, 242-249; TM Per 12463 / 17183 / 50746 / 50754 / 50804 / 77468 / 77581 / 294066).
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ME Torino Provv. 6134 (Bott lin. 1 dal 13° rotolo)
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ME Torino Provv. 6134 (Bott lin. 1 dal 13° rotolo)
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"machen"
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"der [def. Art. sg. m.]"
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"Pikos [PN]"
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"Urkunde"
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"Stier"
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