Pap. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. Ms. Heb. c. 59 (P)

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Metadata

Collection

Collection	Oxford, Bodleian Library
Inventory Number	Pap. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. Ms. Heb. c. 59 (P)
Publication Number	TAD B.4.2; Sayce and Cowley L; Cowley 11; Grelot 3

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

Fragments of the first line have been joined to the papyrus using, what appears to be, a brown tape adhesive. Their position matches that published in the photographs of Sayce and Cowley pl. L. The placement of the fragments do not resemble that in Yardeni's hand copy. TAD correctly identified that the first is a חי, which they place in the name אחיו in line 1. The second is upside down. They read it as the רי of גמריה, and place it in line 1. The thrid they seems to be placed in the numbers of line 4. The fifth in ינתנונ of line 6. The final they read as the מר of the word לאמר in line 1. TAD's placement of some fragments are objectionable on material grounds in attempted digital reconstructions, but without consulting the object with conservator, this remains unresolved. Hence, TAD's reconstruction is generally followed here.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	recto
Script-Fiber-Relation (for Payri)	perpendicular (recto)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
State of Preservation (Text)	See comments on object.
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Comments on Text Layout	See comments on object.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	16	0
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Loan of Silver
Ancient Archives	(Uncertain)
Ancient Author of Text	Gemariah son of Ahio
Text Types	documentary documentary \| legal document
Summary of Content	Gemariah son of Ahio writes an affidavit at the request of witnesses confirming that he will pay back the loan that he took from PN son of Jathma.
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene Lower Egypt, 1st nome Egypt (Certainty: unknown)
Comments on Text	See comments on object. The document is missing the endorsement, so the "genre" remains unknown. But if TADs (and not Cowley's) reconstruction is correct, this is the only document from Elephantine with this formula, though it is known from Saqqarah (e.g. TAD B.4.7; B.5.6)
Multilingualism	Monolingual Script = Language
Gender	Man
Religion	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	אמר גמריה בר אחיו ל בר יתמא לאמר נתנת לי כספ
2	שקלנ 111 ר 1 1 באבני פתח כספ ש 1 ל10 וירבה עלי כספ חלרנ 11
3	לכספ ש 1 לירחא עד יומ זי אשלמנהי לכ ותהוה מרבית
4	כספכ חלרנ 111 1¹TAD places a fragment here that could also be 3 in line 211 1 לירח 1 וירחא זי לא אנתנ לכ בה
5	מרבית יהוה ראש וירבה ואשלמנהי לכ ירח בירח
6	מנ פרסי זי ינתנונ לי מנ אוצרא ותכתב לי נבז על כל
7	כספ ומרבי זי אהוה משלמ לכ והנ לא שלמת לכ כל
8	כספכ ומרביתה עד²The fragment placed here has a mark before the ע, which calls it into doubt. Perhaps the ר and 111 of line 2? ירח תחות שנת 20 10 111³"20" and "10" come from a fragment originally placed on line 2. 111 יעקפ כספכ
9	ומרביתה זי ישתאר עלי ויהוה רבה עלי ירח לירח
10	עד יומ זי אשלמנהי לכ
11	שהדיא
12	עקבנ בר שמשנורי
13	קצרי בר יההרמ
14	מחסיה בר ידניה
15	מלכיה בר זכריה⁴The fragment placed here does not fit correctly.
16	כתב ספרא גמריה בר אחיו עלפמ שהדיא זי על ספרא זנה

¹ TAD places a fragment here that could also be 3 in line 2
² The fragment placed here has a mark before the ע, which calls it into doubt. Perhaps the ר and 111 of line 2?
³ "20" and "10" come from a fragment originally placed on line 2.
⁴ The fragment placed here does not fit correctly.

1	[Gema]riah [son of A]hi[o said to ?????] son of Jathma, s[a]ying: "You gave me silver,
2	[3 shekels, 2 q(uarters)] by the [s]tone(-weight)s of Ptah, silver, 1 sh(ekel) to 10, and will accrue interest from me (at the rate of) silver, 2 hallurs
3	per silver (unit), 1 sh(ekel) per month until the day that I pay it to [you]. And the interest
4	on your silver (3) will be (4) 7 hallurs per month. And the month in which I shall not give you
5	interest, it will become capital and accrue interest. And I shall pay it to you each month
6	from my stipend which they will give me from the treasury, and you shall write me a receipt for all
7	the silver and interest which I will continue to pay you. And if I have not paid you all
8	your silver and its interest by the month of Thoth, year 36, your silver
9	and its interest, which remains on my account, (8) will double (?). (9) It will continue to accrue (interest) on my account month-to-month
10	until the day that I pay it to you.
11	The witnesses:
12	Akban son of Shamashnuri;
13	Kozri son of Jehoram;
14	Mahseiah son of Jedaniah;
15	Malchiah son of Zechariah.
16	Gemariah son of Ahio wrote the document upon the instruction of the witnesses who are on this document.

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
21610	man	Akban son of Shamashnuri	עקבנ בר שמשנורי	Aramaic, Imperial

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				-487 BCE	;

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Literature

DatasetID	308181
last Change	29.07.2022
Trismegistos	89471
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 308181 (= Pap. Oxford Bodl. Gr. Inscr. Ms. Heb. c. 59 (P)), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Verena Lepper.