Ber. P. 23148
Fragmentary Letter
NAP 1.1.01 TAD D.01.18; TAD D.04.04 Cowley 67,8; 67,13 Sachau Pap. 73,8; 73,13 Formerly: Pl. 13461B- P. 13448-13 + B/AM x 428, 17 + B/AM x 420, 16 (+) Pl. 13445E- P. 13448-8
Metadata
- Collection
- Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
- Genres
-
- Letter
- Inventory
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Excavation
- Acquired
- Otto Rubensohn and Fredriech Zucker [1906–1907]
- Created by
- James D. Moore
- Material
- papyrus
- Text Direction Side 1
- perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
- Text Direction Side 2
- blank
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- References
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- Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest) and Robarts - University of Toronto 1923. Cowley 67, 8 and 67, 13.
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC .
- Moore, James D. 2022. Moore no. 001.
- Porten, Bezalel 1980.
- Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. TAD D.04.04.
- Sachau, Eduard and Robarts - University of Toronto 1911. Sachau pap. 73, 8 and 13 / taf. 60.
- Ungnad, Arthur et al. 1911.
Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest). Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1923. https://archive.org/stream/aramaicpapyrioff00ahikuoft#page/124/mode/2up.
“Localizing 4,000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt. ERC Grant ID: 637692,” n.d. TBA.
Moore, James D. New Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine in Berlin. Studies on Elephantine 1. Leiden: Brill, 2022. https://brill.com/view/title/61396.
Porten, Bezalel. “Aramaic Letters: A Study In Papyrological Reconstruction.” Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt 17 (1980): 39–75.
Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
Sachau, Eduard. Aramäische Papyrus und Ostraka aus einer jüdischen Militär-Kolonie zu Elephantine. 2 vols. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1911. https://archive.org/details/aramischepapyr02sachuoft/page/n17/mode/2up.
Ungnad, Arthur, and Eduard Sachau. Aramäische Papyrus aus Elephantine. Leipzig : J.C. Hinrichs, 1911. http://archive.org/details/aramischepapyr00ungnuoft.
Textual Notes
Possible indirect Join: (Pl. 13445E- P. 13448-8)
ln. 1: [...]◦ ◦◦ [...] TAD [...]◦ 𐡘𐡘 [...] | ln. 2: [...]◦ ⸣𐡘𐡘⸢𐡘 ⸣פ◦[◦]◦⸢ TAD [...]◦◦[ ...]◦ {𐡘|ו} ◦[...] | ln. 3: [...]⸣𐡜𐡛⸢ חטה ז⸣נ⸢ה TAD [...]{פ|◦|נ}ו⸣ח⸢טה 𐡘𐡘[...] | ln. 4: [ל]⸣ב⸢ש TAD [ל]בש | ⸣צב⸢ TAD {ח|ג}[דת ...] | ln. 5: ⸣ו⸢כע[נ] TAD ◦ נע[...] | ln. 6: א⸣מ⸢ TAD א◦ | ln. 7: תכ 𐡛𐡘 TAD תכ{י|ג} | ln. 8: [כ]⸣ת⸢נ יד TAD {◦|ת}פ{ק|צ} ln. 9: ⸣לא⸢ TAD ל[ ]{ה|ג|י}
Paleographically: compare Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43493 (ID 12700)
(Porten¹) Porten, JARCE 17, p. 51
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Moore, James D.. 'Ber. P. 23148.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10350. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.