Ber. P. 23149 a - c
Fragmentary Letter
NAP 1.1.02 TAD D.01.26 Cowley 68,6; Cowley 68,10 Sachau Pap. 74,6; Pap. 74,6 Formerly: B/AM x 431 + B/AM x 433 + Pl. P. 13445D- P. 23140-17 + Pl. P. 13445D-P. 13445B-3 + Pl. P. 13445D-P. 13461-6 (+) B/AM X 476 jj (+) Pl. P. 13445D- P. 13461-10
Metadata
- Collection
- Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
- Genre
-
- Letter
- 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
- parallel (∥) to the material's lines
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- References
-
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . 306548.
- Moore, James D. 2022.
“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.
Textual Notes
Paleography: The מ exhibits clearly the two times of the pen. The writer occilates between a perpendicular pen orientation, an acute orientation, as evidence by the nib-profile on the one hand and the rounded nib-pattern for some letters on the other hand.
apparatus
1: אורי TAD אורי[ה] | 2: הו⸢ש⸣ע TAD הו ב[...] | 3: אמ⸢ת⸣א TAD אמת[...] | {[יע]⸢בדונ⸣ |[תע]⸢בדונ⸣]} TAD [...]פ{ד|ר}◦◦ ו◦◦ב[...]
1: עבדי TAD עבד{א|י} | בר[(ת) TAD בר[...] | 2: חבב TAD חב◦ | הו⸢ש⸣[רי לי] TAD ⸢הוש⸣[{ר|ע}...] | ...]⸢ל⸣◦ ב◦◦ TAD ◦ב{ד|ר}{ד|ר|כ} | 3: הושרו TAD ה{ו|פ}שרו
Text and Translation
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James Moore Last updated 20 October, 2025 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 20 October, 2025 by James D. Moore
ˀÛrî ⸢and his su⸣rplus[ ...]
Hô⸢š⸣eˁa and ⸢my⸣ brother/ˀAḥ⸢y⸣[o ...]⸢Š⸣◦ [...]
the maidser⸢vant⸣ and a⸢s⸣[ked... PN]yah [...{they|you (m.p.)} shall d]o
according to the value of the Hyr [...]ˁM which TN[...]
from the district. [... ]a security (payment) in possession [...]
do (f.s.) for me as[ ... Ye]hôyišmaˁ son/daugh[ter] of[...]
from Ḥabib. Se⸢n⸣[d (f.s) me ...]⸢L⸣◦ B◦◦ son of ◦[...]
to Yehôyišmaˁ ◦[...]◦ they sent.
Moore, James D.. 'Ber. P. 23149 a - c.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10356. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.