Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43488

Collection	Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number	Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43488
Publication Number	TAD B.6.3
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
State of Preservation (Text)	Unkown. Text in the Egyptian Museum.
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Comments on Handwriting	Few hands are like this. The yod alternates between a usual form and a downward/leftward stroke. The kaf has a distinctly small head.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+17	0
Height of Line / Letter

Modern Title	End of the Document of Wifehood
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	Shelomam son of Hodaviah
Text Types	documentary \| marriage contract
Summary of Content	End of a document of Wifehood contracted by Shelomam son of Hodaviah (the groom) and the unknown gardian of the bride (Abihi).
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene Upper Egypt Egypt (Certainty: unknown)
Comments on Text	See summary.
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man Woman
Religion	unknown

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

x+1	וקנינה זיוהנ ימות
x+2	שלוממ בר שנינ 1 100 ... ובר דכר ונקבה לא
x+3	אית לה עמ אביהי אנתתה אביהי הי שליטה בביתה
x+4	ונכסוהי וקנינה
x+5	ל
x+6	א¹TAD reconstructs: לא יכהל אח ואחה זי שלוממ קריב ורחיק
x+7	בעל קריה ובעל דגל ירשה לאביהי אנתתה זי שלוממ
x+8	לאמ לא שליטה אנתי בביתה זי שלוממ ונכסוהי וקנינה
x+9	וזי יקומ לתרכותה מנ ביתה זי שלוממ ונכסוהי ינתנ
x+10	לאביהי אנתתה זי שלוממ אביגרנא זי כספ כרשנ
x+11	באבני מלכא ר 11 לעשרתא ויעבד דינ ספרא זנה לאביהי
x+12	אנתתה זי שלוממ ולא דינ
x+13	שהדיא זכור בר ... שהד ... בר ... שהד
x+14	משלכ בר הושעיה שהד ... בר ... שהד ... בר ...
x+15	שהד גדול בר הו דויה שעיה שהד ... בר ... שהד ... בר ...
x+16	כל 111 111 11 כתב ... בר ... ספרא זנה כפמ ...
x+17	ושלוממ בר הודויה

¹ TAD reconstructs: לא יכהל אח ואחה זי שלוממ קריב ורחיק

x+1	and her property which [Abihi brought into him in her hand. . And moreover, if]
x+2	Shelomam
x+1	[die]
x+2	at the age of [100] years […, not]
x+3	having
x+2	[a child, male or female],
x+3	with A[bihi his wife, it is Abihi (who) has right to his house
x+4	and] his [go]ods and [his property and all that he has …
x+5	(TEXT MISSING) ….
x+6	Moreover, [brother or sister of Shelomam, near or far],
x+7	member of a town or me[mber of a detachment
x+6	shall not be able
x+7	to bring (suit) against Abihi the wife of Sheomam],
x+8	saying “[You] do not have right [to the house of Shelomam and his goods and his property].”
x+9	And whoever shall stand up to evict[ her from the house of Shelomam and his goods shall give]
x+10	Abihi the wife of [Shelomam the penalty of silver, x karsh]
x+11	by the stone(-weight)s of the king, [2]q(uarters) [to the ten, and he shall do the law of this document to Abihi]
x+12	the wife of Shelo[mam, without suit].
x+13	The witnesses: Zaccur s[on of PN; witness PN son of PN; witness]
x+14	Meshullach son of Hoshaia[h; witness PN son of PN; witness PN son of PN];
x+15	witness Gaddul son of Ho[daviad/shaiah; witness PN son of PN; witness PN son of PN]:
x+16	all (told) 8. [PN son of PN] wro[te this document at the instruction of PN]
x+17	and Shelomam son of Hoda[viah].

Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
21440	woman	Abihi	אביהי	Aramaic, Imperial

DatasetID	308155
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	89488
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 308155 (= Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43488), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Verena Lepper.