Ber. P. 23151 a - c
Fragmentary Letter
NAP 1.1.04 TAD D.01.28 Cowley 68,3 Sachau Pap. 74,3 Formerly: Ber P. 13461A- P. 13461-3 + 23140-25(= 96/25) (+) B/AM x 405, 11, fol.
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
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- References
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- Lepper, Verena M. et al. .
- 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
Possible joins: The papyrus features of B/AM x 477 gg is similar, but the hand of that fragment does not seem to match this document.
recto text 1 hand 1 1. [...]שי◦[...] 2. [...]לי◦[...] 3. [...]י פי[...] ◦◦◦◦[...] 4. [...]{ד|ר}בא זיל⸢כ⸣[(י) ...] ל{א|נ} ◦[...] 5. [...]◦ עד תחזה[... ד]גלכי [...] 6. [... ]לבשכ ולא[...] תהכ[ ...] 7. [...]לת פת^ג^מ [ ...]שלח[ ...]
vacat 1’. (...) 2’. [...]ל{ד|ר}◦[...]
verso text 2 hand 2 1’. (?) . [...]⸢עמ◦⸣ כל ⸢זי⸣[...] 2. [...]עלד⸢ב⸣[ר...] 3. [...] {ב|ד|ר}⸢יל⸣[...] 4. [...]◦◦[...]
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Originally misread as:
unprofessional hand. The first word could be נשיפ “fine flour”, but this is unattested in the papyri and only known on one jar label (P. 11363).
so perhaps read רשין “to bring suit”?
pal_r
traces
demotic ?
pal_v
traces
demotic ?
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
[...]ŠY◦[...]
[...]LY◦[...]
[...]Y PY[...] ◦◦◦◦[...]
[...] the [...]◦{D|R}B belonging to you[ (f.s.) ... ]{not|to us} ◦[...]
[...]◦ until she shall see[ ...] your (f.s) [de]gal-unit
[... ]your garment and not [...] you shall go
[...]lt, a message [...] he sent (word)
(?)
[To ...]L{D|R}◦[...
[...]◦ˁ⸢M⸣◦ all ⸢which⸣[...]
[... ]on account of t⸢hi⸣[s ...]
[...] {B⸢YL⸣[...] |D⸢YL⸣[...] |R⸢YL⸣[...]}
[...]◦◦[...]
Moore, James D.. 'Ber. P. 23151 a - c.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10357. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.