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Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.13

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.13
Publication Number TAD D.1.12; Kraeling 16
Current Location magazine
Publication Permission Status no permission for publication necessary

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 purchase
Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser) Wilbour, Charles Edwin
Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Elephantine / Syene
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type papyrus
Range of Preservation complete
Mounting framed between glass

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object verso/recto
Script, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines varied varied
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Fragmentary Letter of an Egyptian Milieu
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Letter from an unknown sender to an unknown sender.
Location of Composition Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual
Religion Polytheism (Egyptian)
Comment on Religion Mention of sacrifices to Khnum.

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
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1◦[ ]שלמ ושררת שגיא הושרת לכ
2דלן למ אפם ירח פאוני ת◦
3{א|י} כזי כנ אל תזבנ מנ איש
4 וסבלת פמנחתפ ◦
5 עבור כעת אנת זפה{א| זי} ◦
6 לאמתי זי מיתת כענ אנת ◦◦◦ יהוה לכי
7 /זבנו כספ ש 𐡘𐡘𐡘 אחרי לעלא זבינת לכי זוז כספ ש[ ...]
 ]הב לאספמת בשר איתי זלוע 𐡘 זי נחש
8 {[א]זל ל| 𐡘 לל}מנ שאל שלמ סחנומ ◦
n
R
1 ת
2◦א
3◦
r
R
1◦◦◦
2מי
k
R
1תה
o
R
1◦{ד|ר}ת ל◦
t
R
1 אפ ש{כ|נ}
2תי כנ ש
l (?)
R
1{א|י}ה◦
2 [ש]⸣ק⸢ל
frag d+e+b(+)c+q(+)g+h(+)i
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1 ה◦◦[◦]ש ל[מז]⸣ב⸢נ כרשנ [#] 𐡘𐡘 לכספ ש[#]
2אמרת לי אחר אנה זברת*1* א◦ כזי לא*2* ה⸣כ⸢
3◦רתשאל אנה ש⸣למ⸢ ◦◦◦◦ כענ אל
4⸣ה⸢וש[ר]⸣ת⸢ לכ ⸣אפ⸢ כנ ה◦◦◦
5ל
6 עש⸣י⸢[ת ...]ו אחר
7 [ה]⸣ו⸢שרתה ⸣ל⸢כ למ[ ]◦◦{ד|ר}ק בא◦
8◦ דבחי חנום [א]להא
n
V
1ל◦
2◦◦
r
V
1◦
2מ כ
o
V
1{שוכ | הכוכ}
t
V
1◦[◦]◦◦
2על בזי
3◦ {זי | 𐡘𐡘} {דש |רש}
ee
V
1{ד|ר}◦
2◦א ◦
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1[...]◦[ ]abun[dant] ⸢gr⸣eetings and stre[ng]⸢th⸣ [I send you ...]
2[...]⸢D⸣LN \saying/, even the month of[ P]ayni T◦[...]
3[...]{ˀ|Y} like thus. Do [no]t b⸢u⸣[y (m.s.) ]⸢fr⸣om a man [...]
4[...]⸢and I/you/she⸣ supported[... Pha]⸢menot⸣h ◦[...]
5[...]⸢ba⸣rl⸢ey. N⸣o⸢w⸣, you loan ⸢it⸣[...]{ˀ| which} ◦[...]
6[...]to [my] ⸢mai⸣dservant who d\i/ed. Now, ⸢you⸣ (m.s.) ◦◦◦◦[...] he shall be you⸢r⸣s (f.s.)[...]
7\[...]they bought (with) 3 sh(eqels) of silver. Then (that mentioned) above [...]she was [bough]t for you (f.s). \O⸢n⸣[e] (f.s.)/ he shall be ab[le to ...]/ 
[...]give to ⸢ˀE⸣spme⸢t⸣ a skin. There is [...] 1 [ju]g of bronze[...]
8[...]{[g]o to[...] | 1 for L[...]}[...]MN inquire(d) [... well]⸢fa⸣re of Saḥnûm
frag n
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1[...] T[...]
2[...]◦ˀ[...]
3[...]◦[...]
frag r
R
1[...]◦◦◦[...]
2[...]MY [...]
frag k
R
1[...]TH[...]
frag o
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1[...]◦{D|R}T L◦[...]
frag t
R
1[...] Moreover, Š{K|N}[...]
2[...]TY thus Š[...]
frag l
R
1[...]{ˀ|Y}H◦[...]
2[... she]⸢qe⸣l[...]
frag d+e+b(+)c+q(+)g+h(+)i
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1[...] H◦[...]◦[◦]Š to[ b]⸢u⸣y (with) karš [# +]2 at (the rate of) silver š(eqel) [#].
2[...]you/she said to me. Then I lead ˀ[...]◦ when he did not go
3[...]◦RT[...]I am inquiring about the welfare/compensation ◦◦◦[...]◦. Now, do not [...]
4[...]⸢I s⸣en[t] to you (m.s.). Even thus, H◦[...]◦◦[...]
5[...]L[...]
6[...] cont⸢r⸣[ived ...]W. Then[...]
7[...]I [s]⸢e⸣nt it/him/her ⸢to⸣ you (m.s.) saying,[ ]◦◦{D|R}Q Bˀ◦[...]
8[...]◦ the sacrifices of Ḥnûm the [g]od.
frag n
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1[...]L◦[...]
2[...]◦◦[...]
frag r
V
1[...]◦[...]
2[...]M K[...]
frag o
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1[...]{they [...]Š you (m.s.) | HKWK}[...]
frag t
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1[...]◦[◦]◦◦[...]
2[...]to as much as[...]
3[...]◦ {which | 2} {DŠ[...] | RŠ[...]}
frag l
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1[...]{D|R}◦[...]
2[...]◦ˀ ◦[...]
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People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
42050 man Ḥnûm חנום Aramaic, Imperial

 

Dates

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

 

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Literature

 

DatasetID 308120
last Change 29.07.2022
Trismegistos 89565
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 308120 (= Pap. New York, Brooklyn Museum 47.218.13), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Verena Lepper.