Pap. Berlin P. 13485   (More information about the Object)
Publication No. TAD B.7.3; Sachau pap. 32 / taf. 32; Cowley 44; Grelot 10
Modern Title Oath Text
Summary This may be part of a longer register of legal oaths or court records. The sparse details suggest something along the lines of a precis of the oath's stipulations. The palimpsest may be an incomplete contract.
   

Edition

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1מומאה זי מנחמ בר שלומ בר
2הו שעיה דויה ימא למשלמ בר נתנ
3בחרמ אלהא במסגדא ובענתיהו
4וימא לה לאמר אתנא זי ביד
5פמסי בר פמט זי אנת רשה לי
6עליה למ פלגה זילי הו צדיק
7אנה לה חסנותה פמסי אבוכ
8לא יהב לי חמר חלפ פלגה
9ולא יהבלי כספ ודמי כספ חלפ
10פלגה
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{Recto Palimpsest}
1 בעבדת כפיכׄנ נ מת
2ל כספ ונכסנשתה אחרי מותי

Translation

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1The oat[h whi]ch Menahem son of Shallum son of
2Ho[shiah / daviah] swore to Meshullam son of Nathan
3by He[rem ]the[ god] in the place of worship and by Anat-Yahu.
4And [he swore to him] saying, "The she-ass which is in the posession
5Pa[misi son of Pe]met (and) which you are suing me for, (claiming)
6'A[s for it], half of it belongs to me'
7[I] (6) am right (7) to bestow it (to) / to take possession of it (from) Pamisi. Your father
8 did not give me a he-ass in exchange for his half / half of it,
9and he did not gi[v]e me silver of the value of silver in exchange for
10[his ]ha[lf] / ha[lf of it]
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{Recto Palimsest}
1[]? by the work of [you]r ha[nds]??????n ??m????????t??
2[]
???l silver and property?????šy?h after my death.

 
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