Pap. Strasbourg, BibNat O. gr.-dem. P. aram. 2
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Metadata
Collection
Collection |
Strasbourg, Bibliothèque Nationale |
Inventory Number |
Pap. Strasbourg, BibNat O. gr.-dem. P. aram. 2 |
Publication Number |
TAD A.4.5 |
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] |
Type of Discovery |
(unknown)
Certainty: |
Finder (= First Purchaser) |
Unknown
Certainty: |
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt |
Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos] |
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution |
(unknown) |
Object
Object Type |
papyrus |
State of Preservation |
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Comments on Object |
Glas: hight 150 mm, width 380 mm. |
Text Basic Information
Script, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
Language, Primary |
Aramaic, Imperial |
Comments on Text Layout |
written not in a single vertical column, but in two parallel horizontal columnes on the recto and a single vertical column on the verso |
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recto |
verso |
Quantity of Lines |
10 |
14 |
Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
Modern Title |
Letter draft petition |
Text Types |
- documentary | letter | horizontal format
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Summary of Content |
Juridical inquiry. Writing to an unknown official, the Jews protested their loyalty at the time of the Egyptian rebellion. When Arsames left to visit the king, the Khnum priests bribed Vidranga to allow particl destution of the royal storehouse to make way for a wall. The priests stopped up a well that served forces during mobilization. Inquiry undertaken by judges, police, and intelligence officials would coonfirm the facts as reported.The column on the verso refers to sacrifices of the temple including a petition for potection and the temple's reconstruction |
Religion |
Judaism |
Religion, further |
Polytheism (Egyptian) |
Text
Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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1 | | according to Porton, approximately 3 lines are missing from the top and from the bottom of each column.תנגנ אנחנה רבינ דגלנ זי מצריא מרדו אנחנה מנטרתנ לא שבקנ|
2 | | ומנדעמ מחבל לא אשתכח לנ בשנת 10 + 3 + 1 דריוהוש
מלכא כזי מראנ
ארשמ|
3 | | אזל על מלכא זנה דושכרתא זי כמריא זי חנוב אלהא עבדו ביב בירתא|
4 | | המונית עמ וידרנג זי פרתרכ
תנה הוה כספ ונכסנ יהבו לה איתי קצת|
5 | | מנ יודנא זי מלכא זי ביב בירתא נדשו ושור חד בנו במנציעת בירת יב|
II | | |
1 | | וכעת שורא זכ בנה במנציעת בירתא איתי באר חדה זי בניה|
2 | | בגו בירתא ומינ לא חסרה להשקיא חילא כזי הנ הנדיז יהוונ|
3 | | בברא זכ מיא שתינ כמריא זי חנוב אלכ ברא זכ סכרו הנ אזד|
4 | | יתעבד מנ דיניא
תיפתיא
גושכיא זי ממנינ במדינת תשטרס|
5 | | יתידע למראנ לקבל זנה זי אנחנה אמרנ אפ פרישנ אנחנה
1 according to Porton, approximately 3 lines are missing from the top and from the bottom of each column.
The text on the verso is rotated 90 degrees relative to the text on the recto, and the first line is parallel to the right edge of the recto. There is only one column of text on the verso. |
vso1 | | כ
ר
ד
חפניא זי ביב בירתא|
vso2 | | נ אנחנה רבינ |
vso3 | | ה לא אשתכח ל|
vso4 | | יא להיתיה מנחה|
vso5 | | למעבד תמה ליהו אלהא|
vso6 | | מבגו לה|
vso7 | | להנ אתרודנ חדה|
vso8 | | אשרנא לקחו לנפשהומ עבדו|
vso9 | | הנ על מראנטבשגיא עש|
vso10 | |
ר
ד
אנחנה מנ חילא|
vso11 | | הנ על
מראנ טב יתשימ טעמ|
vso12 | | אנחנה הנ על מראנ טב|
vso13 | | יהגנונ למנדעמתא זי א|
vso14 | | אגורא זי לנ זי נדשו למבניה
1 The text on the verso is rotated 90 degrees relative to the text on the recto, and the first line is parallel to the right edge of the recto. There is only one column of text on the verso.
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1 | | [...] we grew/increased, detachments of the Egyptians rebelled. We did not leave our posts |
2 | | (ERASURE: and anything of) damage was not found in us. In year 14 of [Ki]ng Darius, when our lord Arsames|
3 | | went to the king, this is the evil act which the priests of Khnub the god [di]d in Elephantine the fortress|
4 | | in agreement with Vidranga who was Chief here: They gave him silver and goods. There is part|
5 | | of the royal barley-house which is in Elephantine the fortress - they demolished (it) and buil[t] a wall [in] the midst of the fortress of Elephantine...|
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1 | | And now, that wall (stands) built in the midst of the fortress. There is a well which was built|
2 | | with[in] the f[or]tress and (which) did not lack water to give the garrison drink so that whenever they would be garrisoned (there)|
3 | | they would drink the water in [th]at well. Those priests of Khnub stopped up that well. If inquiry|
4 | | be made of the judges, police and hearers who are appointed in the province of Tshetres, |
5 | | it would be [known] to our lord in accordance with this which we say. Moreover, we are separated...
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vso1 | | [...]
d
r
ḥpny' which are in Elephantine [the] fo[rtress...]|
vso2 | | [...]we grew/increased [...]|
vso3 | | [...]was not found in [...]|
vso4 | | [...]to bring meal-offer[ing...]|
vso5 | | [...]to offer there to YHW [the] G[od...]|
vso6 | | [...]in which...[...]|
vso7 | | [...]but a brazier [...]|
vso8 | | [...]the fittings they took (and) [made (them) their] own [...]|
vso9 | | [I]f it please our Lord,...much [...]|
vso10 | | [...]
r
d
we from/of the garrison [...]|
vso11 | | [If it] please our lord, may [an order] be issued [...]|
vso12 | | [...] we. If it [please our] l[ord...]|
vso13 | | [...] they [pro]tect the things which [...]|
vso14 | | [...]to [build] our [temp]le which they demolished.
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Dates
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-425 BCE -400 BCE |
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Literature
DatasetID |
308314 |
last Change |
29.07.2022 |
Trismegistos |
89409 |
Author |
Lisa Cleath, Verena Lepper |
Dataset License |
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
Data set citation |
Data set 308314 (= Pap. Strasbourg, BibNat O. gr.-dem. P. aram. 2), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: Lisa Cleath, Verena Lepper. |