Pap. Berlin P. 13485
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, SPK (P) |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Berlin P. 13485 |
| Publication Number |
TAD B.7.3; Sachau pap. 32 / taf. 32; Cowley 44; Grelot 10 |
| Current Location |
magazine | papyrus depository |
| Comments on Inventory |
The photograph contains the Plate P. 13485, which is considered "A" here, and Plate von P. 13485, which is considered "B" here. |
| Publication Permission Status |
(unknown) |
| Publication Status |
published |
Origin / Provenance
| Ancient Provenance Site |
Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty: high |
| Ancient Provenance District |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Discovery |
archaeological excavation
Certainty: |
| Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
Certainty: |
| Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Elephantine |
| District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
| Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
excavation finds |
| Date of Acquisition for the Intitution |
between 1906 and 1907 |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty: high |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| Range of Preservation |
incomplete |
| State of Preservation |
Missing vertical strip of papyrus. |
| Mounting |
framed between glass |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
recto |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) |
(other) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| State of Preservation (Text) |
"Am rechten Rande deutlich Spuren von 2 Zeilen einer ausgelöschten aram. Schrift, die senkrecht zur späteren Beschriftung verlief" |
| Script, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
| Language, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
| Specialities in Writing Direction |
Palimpsest written 90 degrees to the overwritten text.
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| Comments on Text Layout |
Overwritten text written parallel to the fibers. Palimpsest written 90 degrees to the overwritten text and transversa charta.
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
10 : 2 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Oath Text |
| Ancient Archives |
(Uncertain) |
| Ancient Author of Text |
Menahem bar Shallum bar Hoshaiah |
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | oath
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| Summary of Content |
This may be part of a longer register of legal oaths or court records. The sparse details suggest something along the lines of a precis of the oath's stipulations. The palimpsest may be an incomplete contract.
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| Relationship of Texts (bilingual) |
No clear relationship between palimpsest and overwritten text. Perhaps a false start of contract was erased and the papyrus reused for a different purpose. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: ) |
| Comments on Text |
Cowley reads this is a possible case of a man having both an Egyptian and Judean name (p. 147). This is incorrect, cf. Grelot p. 10. |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
Polytheism (other) |
| Religion, further |
Judaism |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
{Recto Palimpsest}|
1 | | בעבדת כפיכׄנ נ מת|
2 | | ל כספ ונכסנשתה אחרי מותי
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1 | | The oat[h whi]ch Menahem son of Shallum son of|
2 | | Ho[shiah / daviah] swore to Meshullam son of Nathan|
3 | | by He[rem ]the[ god] in the place of worship and by Anat-Yahu.|
4 | | And [he swore to him] saying, "The she-ass which is in the posession |
5 | | Pa[misi son of Pe]met (and) which you are suing me for, (claiming)|
6 | | 'A[s for it], half of it belongs to me'|
7 | | [I] (6) am right (7) to bestow it (to) / to take possession of it (from) Pamisi. Your father|
8 | | did not give me a he-ass in exchange for his half / half of it,|
9 | | and he did not gi[v]e me silver of the value of silver in exchange for|
10 | | [his ]ha[lf] / ha[lf of it]
{Recto Palimsest}|
1 | | []? by the work of [you]r ha[nds]??????n ??m????????t??|
2 | | []
???l silver and property?????šy?h after my death.
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People mentioned in Text
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gender |
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original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 21365 |
woman |
Anat-Yahu |
ענתיהו |
Aramaic, Imperial |
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Dates
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Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
| 27th dynasty |
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Uncertain. Perhaps (late) 5th century.; |
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Literature
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Cowley, Arthur Ernest, Aramaic Papyri of the fifth Century B. C. (1957). (147-148 no. 44)
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Grelot, Pierre, Documents araméens d’Égypte (1972). (no. 10)
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Porten, Bezalel & Yardeni, Ada, Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, 2: Contracts (1989). (B.7.3)
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Porten, Bezalel, The Elephantine Papyri in English: Three Millennia of Cross-Cultural Continuity and Change (1996). (B52)
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Sachau, Eduard, Aramäische Papyrus und Ostraka aus einer jüdischen Militärkolonie zu Elephantine. Altorientalische Sprachdenkmäler des 5. Jahrhunderts vor Chr. (1911). (pap. 32, taf. 32)
| DatasetID |
100281 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Author |
James D. Moore, Verena Lepper |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 100281 (= Pap. Berlin P. 13485), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Verena Lepper. |
