Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
H5–AP20 [1567] + H5–AP19 [1566]
TAD B.8.02 ATNS 010 + ATNS 044
Metadata
- Collection
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
- Keywords
-
- Contract
- Record Roll | Judicial
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Excavation
- Material
- papyrus
- Text Direction Side 1
- parallel (∥) to the material's lines
- Text Direction Side 2
- blank
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-06-28
Segal, J. B. Aramaic Texts from North Saqqâra, with Some Fragments in Phoenician. Texts from Excavations, 6th memoir. London: Egypt Exploration Society, 1983.
Textual Notes
Document contains a multicolumn palimpsest. I have not accounted for the palimpsest in my edition, but it also seems to be a court record or account.
frag. a = Segal 10
frag. b = Segal 44
Text and Translation
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James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore
[... ]one holding possession-status
[... fe]male-servant who
[...] and branded
[... ]above the tatoo
[...] my lord
/[... ]⸢I⸣yyar \[...]◦ I/you/she/it was/were given/ year 25
[...] of Iyyar {Pasešen | and Sešen}
[...] he/it was
[... ]⸢on⸣ the 29th
[... +]2
[...] ⸢the⸣ king in Memphis
[...] {⸢Ḥdws⸣by | ⸢Ḥrws⸣by}
[... ]the ⸢under⸣aged
[...]⸢M⸣ Bagadata 1
[...]⸢y⸣, total 2. The servants
[...] the house they reclaimed (from) me
[...] my garment of wool
[...]TWDN 20. My lo⸢rd⸣
[...]◦[...]
linen ◦[+#] cu⸢b⸣it(s)[ ...]
100 gi[ven ...]
[one] named Yimḥoût[ ...]
complained. Thus he said[ ...]
their names(.) {not | to me} [...]
they stole {[the] new one[ ...] | ḤRT◦[...]}
Then it is was given[ ...]
Knûf⸢î⸣ his/her servant [...]
with Wa⸢ḥ⸣p⸢reˁ⸣[ ...]
Ḥanbanuš st⸢o⸣[le ...]
Betšakan 1 [...]
of malt/who with the sound of[ ...]
in Memphis [...]
on the wall of/with a wage
⸢bu⸣ilt on [...]
this ◦[...]
Moore, James D.. 'H5–AP20 [1567] + H5–AP19 [1566].' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10028. Accessed: 01 Jul, 2026.