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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.151

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.151
Publication Number TAD A.3.9; Kraeling 13
Publication Permission Status no permission for publication necessary
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 donation
Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser) Wilbour, Theodora
Certainty:
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution bought in antiquities trade
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) Wilbour, Charles Edwin
Certainty:

Object

Object Type papyrus
Range of Preservation complete
State of Preservation three larger vertical fragment strips, two from the center of the sheet and the third is the left edge of the sheet. two small C-shaped fragments float halfway between fragments b and c.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto/verso
State of Preservation (Text) Recto: The largest fragment (a) bears 8 lines of text, with small gaps along horizontal fold lines. 7 of these lines of text continue after a small gap onto the second largest fragment (b). Lines 3-5 on fragment b continue onto fragment c, and lines 6-7 on fragment b continue onto fragments d and c. Verso: Only contains the address line, with a small tic of an aleph on fragment c, continuing onto fragments b and a.
Script, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 8 1
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Letter to Yislah from Shewa: Re Dynastic Change and Confirmation of Money Exchange
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Shewa b. Zekariah reports the end of the reign of king Amyrtaeus and the beginning of the rule of King Nepherites I

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures

a
R
1אל מראי יסלח עבדכ שוא שלמ מראי אלהיא כלא
1ישאלושגיא בכל עדנ כעת
2עלדבר אפוחסאלאמר
2הו מטאני כזי תמטנכ אגרתא זא
3יהיתונ מנפי מלכא אמורטיס
3מלכא נפעורת יתב
3באפפ ה ג
4 זי יחוני עד אלהיא יחוונני אנפיכ בשלמ בי ד ר ת פ
4חק מלכא נפעורת
4כספא זי הושרת לי ביד
5וונ מליא אלה זבנה מנחמ
5לעליא הב
5הנפק מני נחשא זי
6שלמ ענני בר נריה שלמ כל בני
6תנה אל תצפ לנ
6עלדבר
6מלה מלה
7מטאת ספינתא תנה עלינ יפטרונני על
7דבר וידרנג
7חיל א
7ת ו ר ד ר ד י על
8ב 3 + 2 לאפפ כתיב אגרתא זא
c
V
vso1אל
vso1מראי יסלח בר
vso1עבדכ שוא בר זכריה


R
1[To my lord Islah, your servant] Shewa. May all the gods
1[seek after] the welfare of my lord abundantly at all times. No[w...]
2[...i]n the matter of ... saying: [It/He rea]
2ched me. When [this] le[tter] will reach you [...]
3[...] they [will] bring (to) Memphis the king, Amyrtae[us(?)...]
3[...] the king Nepherites sat (upon the throne)
3[in] Epiph [...]
4[... until the gods show me] your face in peace ... [...]
4[...] the king Nephe[rites.]
4the silver which you sent me by the hand of
5[...] these things/words. Menahem bought/sold it [...]
5[...] above (?) [...]
5[...]... bronze which
6[...] Greetings to Anani son of Neriah. Greetings to all the sons of [...]
6here. Do not be [concerned about us. In]
6the matter of [...]
6each word/thing
7[...] the boat has [re]ached/will [re]ach us here, they will release [me in the matt]
7er of Vidranga [...]
7force [...]
7(?) ...
8On 5 Epiph th[is] letter was written.
V

vso1T[o] [...]
vso1my lord Islah son [of...]
vso1[y]our servant Shewa son of Zechariah.

308117_CUR.47.218.151_
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Places (read out from edition)
  • מנפי (places.xml#s14)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    11150 man Amyrtaeus (308117) אמורטיס Aramaic, Imperial

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    -525 BCE -399 BCE ;

     

    Pictures

    308117_CUR.47.218.151_
    Reserved Copyright
    308117_CUR.47.218.151_
    Reserved Copyright
    BROO0073_R_001
    CC-BY-NC-SA
    BROO0074_R_002
    CC-BY-NC-SA
    BROO0078_V_001
    CC-BY-NC-SA
    BROO0077_V_002
    CC-BY-NC-SA

     

    Literature

     

    DatasetID 308117
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 89402
    Author Verena Lepper
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 308117 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.151), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Verena Lepper.