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Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43493

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Metadata

Collection

Collection Cairo, Egyptian Museum
Inventory Number Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43493
Publication Number TAD A.3.1
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

Localization of Text on Object recto/verso
Text-Localization, Addendum The first side (recto?) includes text written in two directions; there are seven lines of text plus two lines in the margins, one on the right and one on the left. The writing in the margins is rotated 90 degrees from the 7 lines of text.
State of Preservation (Text) some partial letters on the damaged edges and some partially damaged letters in the middle of the papyrus
Script, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
Specialities in Writing Direction Two letters are written on this one object. The first letter is written parallel to the fibers and to the join, containing 7 lines of text on what is often called the recto of this piece. The second letter is written starting with 6 lines of text on the verso, and continuing on the recto with one line in the right margin and one in the left margin. The 2 lines of the second letter that are on the recto are written from the bottom line of the first letter towards the top line of the first letter, so that the writing in the margins was inscribed after the recto was held right-side up for the first letter, and then rotated 90 degrees to the left.
Comments on Text Layout Two letters are written on this one object. The first letter is written parallel to the fibers and to the join, containing 7 lines of text on what is often called the recto of this piece. The second letter is written starting with 6 lines of text on the verso, and continuing on the recto with one line in the right margin and one in the left margin. The 2 lines of the second letter that are on the recto are written from the bottom line of the first letter towards the top line of the first letter, so that the writing in the margins was inscribed after the recto was held right-side up for the first letter, and then rotated 90 degrees to the left.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 9 6
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Exchange of Letters re 10 Asses
Text Types
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Two letters are written on this one object. The first letter is written parallel to the fibers and to the join, containing 7 lines of text on what is often called the recto of this piece. The second letter is written starting with 6 lines of text on the verso, and continuing on the recto with one line in the right margin and one in the left margin. The 2 lines of the second letter that are on the recto are written from the bottom line of the first letter towards the top line of the first letter, so that the writing in the margins was inscribed after the recto was held right-side up for the first letter, and then rotated 90 degrees to the left. The first letter is an instruction regarding 10 asses, and the second letter is a response to the first letter.

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
R
1עבדה
2הא שלחת
3לנבונתנ
4הנ אית לכ
5חמרנ 10
6ישבקונ המו
7אלא
V
vso1אל מראי עבדכ1Reconstruction according to Porten, TAD A3.1שזבנבו שלמ מראי
vso2אלהיא ישאלו בכל עדנ2Reconstruction according to Porten, TAD A3.1 כעת הו לי חמרנ 10
vso3ל א אלכי י ה ש ר ד ת
vso4מר נבונתנ באבט
vso5למהכ מנ קדמ רבחילא
vso6שלחו לנבונתנ וישבק

1 Reconstruction according to Porten, TAD A3.1
2 Reconstruction according to Porten, TAD A3.1
R
1Lines 8 and 9 on the recto are the continuation of Letter 2, which begins on the verso. Both lines run perpendicular, rotated in a clockwise direction, relative to Letter 1, which is written on the recto. Line 8 is in the right hand margin of the recto, and line 9 is in the left hand margin of the recto.
8 ר ד י תנה כדנה שגא
9עבדו נשזבנכ

1 Lines 8 and 9 on the recto are the continuation of Letter 2, which begins on the verso. Both lines run perpendicular, rotated in a clockwise direction, relative to Letter 1, which is written on the recto. Line 8 is in the right hand margin of the recto, and line 9 is in the left hand margin of the recto.
R
1 Servant of He did
2Behold, I sent (word)
3to Nabunathan:
4If you have
510 asses
6let them release them.
7 not
V
vso1To my lord PN, your servant,1Reconstruction according to Porten, TAD A3.1 Shezinabu. The welfare of my lord
vso2may the gods seek after it at all times2Reconstruction according to Porten, TAD A3.1 now, I have 10 asses
vso3 those that I sent
vso4 Nabunathan at Abydos
vso5 to go from before the garrison commander
vso6 send (word) to Nabunathan that he release

1 Reconstruction according to Porten, TAD A3.1
2 Reconstruction according to Porten, TAD A3.1
R
8 here like this very much
9 do make . We shall save you.
Cairo_EM_JdE_43493_SAC
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Places (read out from edition)
  • אב (places.xml#s45)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    9965 Nabunathan נבונתן

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    -499 BCE -425 BCE ;

     

    Pictures

    Cairo_EM_JdE_43493_SAC
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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 308160
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Trismegistos 89392
    Author Lisa Cleath
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 308160 (= Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43493), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Lisa Cleath.