Pap. Berlin P. 23123   (More information about the Object)
Publication No. TAD D.3.24
Modern Title Papyrus Fragment from a Record Roll
Summary Includes date.
   

Edition



1TAD:

frag. a

1. [...]שנת 𐡛[...]

frag. b

recto

1. [...]◦ ב◦[...]

2. [...] בל[...]

3. [...]𐡘𐡘𐡘[...]

4. [...]?[...]

verso

1. [...]◦◦◦[...]

frag. c

1. [...]◦ ◦[...]

2. [...]◦ נפ◦[...]

TAD presents the fragments as though they were flipped top-to-bottom, but the strokes on the verso of frag. b indicates that the papyrus was flipped side-to-side (see IR photos). This better adheres to the practice of record rolls.
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1שנת 10


1 TAD: frag. a 1. [...]שנת 𐡛[...] frag. b recto 1. [...]◦ ב◦[...] 2. [...] בל[...] 3. [...]𐡘𐡘𐡘[...] 4. [...]?[...] verso 1. [...]◦◦◦[...] frag. c 1. [...]◦ ◦[...] 2. [...]◦ נפ◦[...] TAD presents the fragments as though they were flipped top-to-bottom, but the strokes on the verso of frag. b indicates that the papyrus was flipped side-to-side (see IR photos). This better adheres to the practice of record rolls.

R
1 ב
2 בל
3111
V
vso 1 נ 1
vso 2חנ
vso 31
vso 4ל

R
1
2 נפ1The surviving stroke on the final letter is likely not ק as Porten, “Aramaic Papyrus Fragments in the Egyptian Museum of West Berlin,” 43 (and TAD’s translation implicitly) holds. The long vertical favors reading נפרת “litigation,” in which case the opening date formula and this work suggests that the record roll includes the summary of a court preceding (perhaps in memorandum-style). Cf. the entries on P. 13447 v.

1 The surviving stroke on the final letter is likely not ק as Porten, “Aramaic Papyrus Fragments in the Egyptian Museum of West Berlin,” 43 (and TAD’s translation implicitly) holds. The long vertical favors reading נפרת “litigation,” in which case the opening date formula and this work suggests that the record roll includes the summary of a court preceding (perhaps in memorandum-style). Cf. the entries on P. 13447 v.

Translation

R
1[...]year 10[...]

R
1[...]◦ B◦[...]
2[...] B⸢L⸣[...]
3[...]3[...]

V
vso 1[...]◦◦ {N|1}[...]
vso 2[...]◦ḤN[...]
vso 3[...]◦ ⸢1⸣
vso 4[...]⸢L⸣[...]
R
1[...]◦ ◦[...]
2[...]◦ NP◦[...]
 
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