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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
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
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 10 14
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Letter draft petition
Text Types
  • documentary | letter | horizontal format
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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11according 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
2ומנדעמ מחבל לא אשתכח לנ בשנת 10 + 3 + 1 דריוהוש מלכא כזי מראנ ארשמ
3אזל על מלכא זנה דושכרתא זי כמריא זי חנוב אלהא עבדו ביב בירתא
4המונית עמ וידרנג זי פרתרכ תנה הוה כספ ונכסנ יהבו לה איתי קצת
5מנ יודנא זי מלכא זי ביב בירתא נדשו ושור חד בנו במנציעת בירת יב
II
1וכעת שורא זכ בנה במנציעת בירתא איתי באר חדה זי בניה
2בגו בירתא ומינ לא חסרה להשקיא חילא כזי הנ הנדיז יהוונ
3בברא זכ מיא שתינ כמריא זי חנוב אלכ ברא זכ סכרו הנ אזד
4יתעבד מנ דיניא תיפתיא גושכיא זי ממנינ במדינת תשטרס
5יתידע 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.
V
1The 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.
vso1כ ר ד חפניא זי ביב בירתא
vso2נ אנחנה רבינ
vso3ה לא אשתכח ל
vso4יא להיתיה מנחה
vso5למעבד תמה ליהו אלהא
vso6מבגו לה
vso7להנ אתרודנ חדה
vso8אשרנא לקחו לנפשהומ עבדו
vso9הנ על מראנטבשגיא עש
vso10 ר ד אנחנה מנ חילא
vso11הנ על מראנ טב יתשימ טעמ
vso12אנחנה הנ על מראנ טב
vso13יהגנונ למנדעמתא זי א
vso14אגורא 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.
R
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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
3went to the king, this is the evil act which the priests of Khnub the god [di]d in Elephantine the fortress
4in agreement with Vidranga who was Chief here: They gave him silver and goods. There is part
5of 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...
II
1And now, that wall (stands) built in the midst of the fortress. There is a well which was built
2with[in] the f[or]tress and (which) did not lack water to give the garrison drink so that whenever they would be garrisoned (there)
3they would drink the water in [th]at well. Those priests of Khnub stopped up that well. If inquiry
4be made of the judges, police and hearers who are appointed in the province of Tshetres,
5it would be [known] to our lord in accordance with this which we say. Moreover, we are separated...
V
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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Places (read out from edition)
  • יב (places.xml#s3)
  • יב (places.xml#s3)
  • יב (places.xml#s3)
  • תשטרס (places.xml#s108)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    2855 man Arsames (100463, 308138, 308314) ארשמ Aramaic, Imperial

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    -425 BCE -400 BCE ;

     

    Pictures

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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.