Papyrus Berlin 3023

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Middle Kingdom text ancient Egyptian manuscript literary papyrus

Papyrus Berlin 3023 is an ancient Egyptian manuscript preserving the classic Middle Kingdom literary tale known as "The Eloquent Peasant."

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Papyrus Berlin 3023 canonical	3
Papyrus Berlin 3023 (The Eloquent Peasant)	1
Papyrus Berlin 3025	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9758553 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Papyrus Berlin 3023
Context triple: [The Eloquent Peasant, notableManuscript, Papyrus Berlin 3023]

A. Papyrus 46
Papyrus 46 is one of the oldest surviving New Testament manuscripts, containing a substantial collection of Pauline epistles and serving as a key witness to the early Alexandrian text tradition.
B. Papyrus Anastasi IV
Papyrus Anastasi IV is an ancient Egyptian literary and administrative text written in Late Egyptian that provides insights into New Kingdom scribal training and everyday life.
C. Papyrus Anastasi II
Papyrus Anastasi II is an ancient Egyptian literary text written in Late Egyptian, notable for its satirical and didactic content that illuminates aspects of New Kingdom administration and scribal training.
D. Bodmer Papyrus XIV–XV
Bodmer Papyrus XIV–XV is an early 3rd-century Greek manuscript containing significant portions of the Gospels of Luke and John, valued as one of the oldest and most important witnesses to the New Testament text.
E. Papyrus Anastasi I
Papyrus Anastasi I is a famous New Kingdom Egyptian literary text known for its satirical, didactic letters used to train scribes in language, geography, and professional skills.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Papyrus Berlin 3023
Target entity description: Papyrus Berlin 3023 is an ancient Egyptian manuscript preserving the classic Middle Kingdom literary tale known as "The Eloquent Peasant."

A. Papyrus 46
Papyrus 46 is one of the oldest surviving New Testament manuscripts, containing a substantial collection of Pauline epistles and serving as a key witness to the early Alexandrian text tradition.
B. Papyrus Anastasi IV
Papyrus Anastasi IV is an ancient Egyptian literary and administrative text written in Late Egyptian that provides insights into New Kingdom scribal training and everyday life.
C. Papyrus Anastasi II
Papyrus Anastasi II is an ancient Egyptian literary text written in Late Egyptian, notable for its satirical and didactic content that illuminates aspects of New Kingdom administration and scribal training.
D. Bodmer Papyrus XIV–XV
Bodmer Papyrus XIV–XV is an early 3rd-century Greek manuscript containing significant portions of the Gospels of Luke and John, valued as one of the oldest and most important witnesses to the New Testament text.
E. Papyrus Anastasi I
Papyrus Anastasi I is a famous New Kingdom Egyptian literary text known for its satirical, didactic letters used to train scribes in language, geography, and professional skills.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Middle Kingdom text ⓘ ancient Egyptian manuscript ⓘ literary papyrus ⓘ
approximateDate	c. 19th century BCE ⓘ
associatedDynasty	12th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
associatedPeriod	Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
catalogueRole	principal manuscript of The Eloquent Peasant ⓘ
civilization	Ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ
collection	Papyrussammlung Berlin ⓘ linked to: Papyrus collection of the Egyptian Museum of Berlin
containsText	The Eloquent Peasant ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Ancient Egypt ⓘ linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
culture	ancient Egyptian culture ⓘ
currentLocation	Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin ⓘ linked to: Egyptian Museum of Berlin collections
dateOfCreation	Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
featuresCharacter	the eloquent peasant Khun-Anup ⓘ linked to: Khun-Anup the high steward Rensi ⓘ
genre	didactic literature ⓘ narrative tale ⓘ wisdom literature ⓘ
language	Middle Egyptian ⓘ
literaryImportance	key witness for Middle Kingdom narrative prose ⓘ major source for the text of The Eloquent Peasant ⓘ
literaryTradition	ancient Egyptian narrative tradition ⓘ
literaryWorkPreserved	The Eloquent Peasant ⓘ
material	papyrus ⓘ
museumID	Berlin 3023 ⓘ
originalUse	literary copy of a didactic tale ⓘ
placeOfDiscovery	Egypt ⓘ
preservationState	fragmentary ⓘ
region	North Africa ⓘ
relatedWork	Papyrus Butler (other witness of The Eloquent Peasant) ⓘ Papyrus Ramesseum A (other witness of The Eloquent Peasant) ⓘ linked to: Ramesseum Papyrus 10499
scholarlyField	Egyptology ⓘ
script	hieratic ⓘ
scriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
studiedIn	Middle Egyptian language courses ⓘ
subjectMatter	justice and eloquence ⓘ petitioning a high official ⓘ social justice ⓘ
textType	continuous literary text ⓘ
title	Papyrus Berlin 3023 ⓘ
writingMedium	ink on papyrus ⓘ
writingStyle	careful literary hand ⓘ
writingSystem	Egyptian hieratic script ⓘ linked to: Hieratic script

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Eloquent Peasant → notableManuscript → Papyrus Berlin 3023 ⓘ

The Eloquent Peasant → notableManuscript → Papyrus Berlin 3025 ⓘ

linked to: Papyrus Berlin 3023

Papyrus Butler → relatedWork → Papyrus Berlin 3023 ⓘ

Papyrus Berlin 3023 → title → Papyrus Berlin 3023 ⓘ

King Nebkaure → hasWorkAsSource → Papyrus Berlin 3023 (The Eloquent Peasant) ⓘ