Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43492
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43492 |
| Publication Number |
TAD B.2.5; Sachau pap. 38 / taf. 35; Cowley 48 |
| 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] |
| 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 |
partage |
| Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner) |
Rubensohn, Otto (excavation director)
Certainty: |
Object
| Object Type |
papyrus |
| State of Preservation |
begining missing and bottom missing |
Text Basic Information
| Script, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
| Language, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Betrothal contract fragment |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content |
Very fragementary piece with betrothal agreement. The father of the bride is Mahseiah. In the penalty clause the groom promises to pay the father a sum of money if he backs down on his promise to take the daughter in marriage. |
| Gender |
Woman |
| Comment on Gender |
your daughter to take her for wifehood |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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x+1 | | וכספא
זנה
זי כתיב מנ עלא ולא אתית על|
x+2 | | ברתכ למלקחה לאנתו אנתנ למחסיה|
x+3 | | בר זכור ס|
x+4 | |
משל
מ
כ
בר
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x+1 | | [and] this [silver] which is written above, and I do not co[me to ...]|
x+2 | | your daughter to take her for wifehood, I shall give to Mahseiah [...] |
x+3 | | son of Zaccur S[...]|
x+4 | | Meshull[{am|ak}] son of P[N ...]
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 22155 |
man |
Mahseiah |
מחסיה |
Aramaic, Imperial |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
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-459 BCE -449 BCE |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
308159 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
89445 |
| 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 308159 (= Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43492), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Verena Lepper. |
