Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43497
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Metadata
Collection
| Collection |
Cairo, Egyptian Museum |
| Inventory Number |
Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43497 |
| Publication Number |
TAD B.4.1; |
| 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 |
| Comments on Object |
The document appears to be a palimpsest. |
Text Basic Information
| Localization of Text on Object |
recto |
| Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri) |
perpendicular (recto) |
| Inks and Pigments |
carbon ink monochrome black |
| Range of Preservation (Text) |
complete |
| Script, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
| Language, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
| Comments on Handwriting |
Block letters. Unlike most hands in the documents. Upright ductus. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
6 |
0 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Fragmentary Receipt of Cancellation of Debt |
| Ancient Archives |
(Uncertain) |
| Ancient Author of Text |
Simchi son of Shasher |
| Text Types |
- documentary | legal document
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| Summary of Content |
Simchi son of Shasher did business with Shelomam son of Galgul. This quitclaim by Simchi for the commodities passed to Shelomam. |
| Location of Composition |
Elephantine Upper Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: unknown) |
| Comments on Text |
Vocabulary is unique. If the reconstruction is correct, the text does not stipulate the condiction of the business transaction. It immediately begins a type of defension clause. This might then be the end of a longer document. Alternatively, this may be a court statement. |
| Multilingualism |
Monolingual
Script = Language |
| Gender |
Man |
| Religion |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | אמר סמכי בר ששר
לשלממ בר גלגל לאמר אנה לא אכל|
2 | | אמר לכ יתלי עליכ כספ וחטנ ושערנ
וכנתנ ועמר וכתנ|
3 | | וכל מדעמ זי יחיה בה איש ול
לבר|
4 | | לכ וברה יתלי עליכמ מדעמ מכל ל|
5 | | שהד ב
ג
י
שחד|
6 | |
ת
מ
ד
ר
יו
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| p13449_+_23104_BW_digi |
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| Reserved Copyright |
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| Places (read out from edition) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 20365 |
man |
Shelomam son of Galgul |
שלממ בר גלגל |
Aramaic, Imperial |
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Pictures
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| p13449_+_23104_BW_digi |
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Literature
| DatasetID |
308164 |
| last Change |
29.07.2022 |
| Trismegistos |
89470 |
| Author |
James D. Moore (Collated from photos and reedited). |
| Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
(CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation |
Data set 308164 (= Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43497), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore (Collated from photos and reedited).. |
