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Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43476

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43476
Publication Number TAD A.4.4
Current Location Cairo, Egyptian Museum (transferred to the museum in 1912)
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 excavation or purchase
Certainty:
Finder (= First Purchaser) Rubensohn, Otto / Zucker, Friedrich (excavation directors)
Certainty:
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:

Object

Object Type papyrus
Range of Preservation (undecidable)
Mounting framed between glass
Comments on Object Measurements according to TAD

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object recto/verso
Script, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 9 1
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Letter. Re Prisoners and Thieves at Elephantine and Thebes
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content This letter reports on the status of prisoners who appear to have been tried for theft in Elephantine. The report asks that no other judicial decision (here "decree") be issued about/to them.
Comments on Text See ID no. 100464 (Ber. P. 13456) for details.

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
a
R
1Fragments a and b are the portion of this papyrus that is located in Berlin, under the inventory number 100464.
1אל אחי אחוכ יסלח שלמ לי תנהאלהיא ישאל

1 Fragments a and b are the portion of this papyrus that is located in Berlin, under the inventory number 100464.
ו שלמכ בכל עדנ וכעת
2י בר יח
אזל לסונ ועבד ליהו
31This line's letters continue on to the fragment of this papyrus located in Cairo (fragment c), so that the bottom strokes of each letter are preserved on the top of the Cairo fragment.הא זנה שמהת גבריא זי אסירו ביב ברכיא הושע

1 This line's letters continue on to the fragment of this papyrus located in Cairo (fragment c), so that the bottom strokes of each letter are preserved on the top of the Cairo fragment.
1Fragment c is the portion of this papyrus that is located in Cairo, under the inventory number 308143.
4פחנומ הא זנה שמהת נשיא זי אשתכחו בבבא
5בנא ואתחדו אסירנ רמי אתת הודו אסרשות אתת הושע פלול אתת יסלח רעיא
6תבלא ברת משלמ קולא אחתה הא שמהת גבריא זי אשתכחו בבבא בנא ואתחדואסירנ
7ידניא בר גמריה הושע בר יתומ הושע בר נתומ חגי אחוהי אחיו בר מכיה המו שבקו
8בתיא זי עלו בהנ ביב ונכסיא זי לקחו אתבו אמ על מריהמ להנ דכרו למרא יהמ כספ
9כרשנ 1*100+ 20 עוד טעמ לא עד יהוי להנ תנה שלמ ביתכ ובניכ עד אלהיא יחוונני אפיכ בשלמ

1 Fragment c is the portion of this papyrus that is located in Cairo, under the inventory number 308143.
a
V
vso1אלאחיברגדול אחו
כ יסלח בר נתנ
a
R
1 [To my brother PN, your brother Islaḥ. It is well with me here.] May God/the gods seek
after your welfare at all times. And now, [...]
2[...] PN son of PN
went to Syene and did/made ...[...]
3[...Behold, these are the names of the men wh]o were imprisoned in [Ele]phantine: Berechia, Hose[a, ...]
4[...] Pakhnum. Behold, these are the names of the women who were f[ound at the gate]
5[in Thebes and were seized as p]risoners: Rami wife of Hodo, Isireshwet wife of Hosea, Pallul wife of Islaḥ, Reia [wife/daughter of PN,]
6Tabla daughter of Meshullam (and) Kavla her sister. Behold, (these are) the names of the men who were found at the gate in Thebes and were seized [as prisoners:]
7Jedania son of Gemariah, Hosea son of Jathom, Hosea son of Nattum (and) Haggai his brother, Ahio son of Micai[ah. They left]
8the houses into which they had broken in at Elephantine and they surely returned to their owners the goods which they took. However, they mentioned to [their] owners [silver,]
9120 karsh. May another decree no more be (delivered) to them here. Greetings to your house and your children until God/the gods show me [your face in peace.]
V

vso1[to my brother ... son of] Gaddul, your brother
Islaḥ son of Nathan.
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Places (read out from edition)
  • סונ (places.xml#s8)
  • י (places.xml#s3)
  • ב (places.xml#s3)
  • נא (places.xml#s2)
  • נא (places.xml#s2)
  • יב (places.xml#s3)
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    Dates

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

     

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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 308143
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 89408
    Author Lisa Cleath (edition), James D. Moore (metadata)
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 308143 (= Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43476), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Lisa Cleath (edition), James D. Moore (metadata).