Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43487

Collection	Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number	Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43487
Publication Number	TAD B.4.5; Sachau pap. 29 / taf. 15; Cowley 29; Grelot 6
Current Location	Cairo, Egyptian Museum (transferred to the museum in 1912)

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 Type

papyrus

Localization of Text on Object	recto
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	perpendicular (recto)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
State of Preservation (Text)	Status unknown. In Egypt.
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	7 / 8	0 ?
Height of Line / Letter

Modern Title	Deed of Obligation
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Text Types	documentary \| legal document
Summary of Content	This is a promissory note or affidavit of Nathan son of Hosea to Islah son of Gaddul (presumably) before witnesses (much like Bodl. Heb. ms. 59). Nathan promises to pay back 4 sheqels within an approximately a nine month period.
Location of Composition	Aswan / Syene Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: )
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Comment on Gender	If the reading here is correct, the temple of the goddess Banit has a monetary standard.
Religion	Judaism
Comment on Religion	Aramean characters and temple.

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

1	בירח מסורע שנת 10 111 11 1 1 1 דריוהוש מלכא ביב בירתא אמר נתנ בר הושע ארמי זי
2	סונ לדגל נבוכדרי ליסלח בר גדול ארמי זי סונ לדגללאמר איתי לכ עלי
3	כספ כרש חד שקלנ ארבעה הו סתתרי במנינ 111 111 1 איתי לכ עלי מנ קצת כספ
4	דמי ביתבנתלמ אמ כ ר אנה נתנ אשלמ לכ כספא זנה
5	כרש ח ד ת ארבעה עד ג ת ר ד ו ת ירח פחנס שנת 10 111 111 11 1 דריוהוש מלכא
6	¹TAD moves the fragment here on the plate down one line. Cowley does not.ה והנ אנה כספא זנה כרש²TAD rightly moves the fragments together to form כרש. חד שקלנ ארבעה לא שלמת יהבת לכ
7	בינ ירח
8

¹ TAD moves the fragment here on the plate down one line. Cowley does not.
² TAD rightly moves the fragments together to form כרש.

1	In the month of Mesore, year [{16\|17} of D]arius the king, in Fort-Elephantine, [Nathan son of] Hosea, an Aramean of
2	Syene of the detachment of Nabukudurri, [(1) said] (2) to Is[lah] son of Gaddul, an Aramean of Syene of the detachment of [PN, sa]ying: "You have (a claim) on me (for)
3	silver, [one] karsh, [four shekels, that is] in the amount of [7 sta]ters. [You have (a claim)] on me for part of the silver,
4	according to the value of the Temple of Banit[...]? {your mother.\| said} I, Nath[an, shall pa]y you this silver,
5	one karsh, four (shekels), upto ???[???????] the month of Pahons, year 1[{7\|8 of Dar]ius the king.
6	[???????]h. And if [I have not p]aid (and) given you this silver, one karsh, fo[ur] shekels,
7	within the month of [...]
8	?????[…]"

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Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
21655	woman	Banit (Goddess)	בנת	Aramaic, Imperial

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
Darius II	17/16	Mesore		-408 October 29 BCE 407 November 27 CE	No specific day is given.;

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DatasetID	308154
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	89475
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 308154 (= Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43487), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Verena Lepper.