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Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43475

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number	Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43475
Publication Number	TAD A.3.6
Current Location	Cairo, Egyptian Museum (transferred to the museum in 1912)

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]
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object

Object Type

papyrus

Text Basic Information

Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial

Text Content

Modern Title

Letter

Text

Transcription

Translation

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a

1	אל אחי פלטי אחוכ הושעיה שלמכ אל

1

ה שמיא י

1	שאל בכל עדנ שלמ שוא ובנוהי שלמ אביהי וכעת

2	שמעת כעמלא זי עמלת כזי

2	אזלת אנה וצחא בר פחה אמרנ לפיסנ וא

3	ושלח אגרה עלדברכנ לצא יח

3	חזי על ינקיא עליכ לבבי שדיק כל זי יהוה על

4	מא מלה זילכ תנה שלח על

a

V

vso1	אל אחי פלטי בר יא

vso1

וש אחוכ

vso1	הושעיה בר נתנ

R

1	To my brother Pilti, your brother Hoshaiah. May the God

1

of Heaven

1	seek after your welfare at all times. Greetings to Shewa and his sons. Greetings to Abihi. And now,

2	I heard of the very effort you made when..[...]

2	I/you went. I and Seha son of Paha said to Pisina and [...]

3	and he sent a letter in this matter to Seha...

3	Look after the children. My heart is torn for you. Everything that will be upon...

4	...As for your matter here, send to...

a

V

vso1	To my brother Phil[ti son of Jau]

vso1	sh, your brother

vso1	Hoshaiah son of Nathan.

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
14795	woman	Abihi (308142 + 308140)	אביהי	Aramaic, Imperial

Pictures

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Literature

Porten, Bezalel & Yardeni, Ada, Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, 1: Letters. Appendix: Aramaic Letters from the Bible. (A3.6)

DatasetID	308142
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	89399
Author	Lisa Cleath
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 308142 (= Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43475), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Lisa Cleath.