London, BM EA 133028
TAD D.07.15
Metadata
- Collection
- British Museum | BM (Public)
- Genre
-
- Missive
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Unclear
- Created by
- James D. Moore
- Material
- clay | sherd (for ostracon)
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- Date (Metadata)
- Gregorian -525 to -399 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- References
-
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 307758.
- Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. D.07.15.
General Notes
Provenance unknown. Segal believed Elephantine based on script, but more likely this is from Elephantine due to the Judean names and the reference to a boat.
“Localizing 4,000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt. ERC Grant ID: 637692,” n.d. TBA.
Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
Textual Notes
Curtis & Tallis 2005 / Forgotten Empire: The world of Ancient Persia (cat. 314)
Text and Translation
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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
on ⸢account of⸣ [...]
They should build for me. Moreover,
⸢en⸣ter to[morrow] the boat.
...
and he shall make ⸢for⸣ ...[...]
And it shall be do⸢n⸣[e ...]
H[...]
[...] ˀAḥyô[ ...]
[...]L you (m.s.) [...]
[... PN-]nyah and ML[...]
[...]◦◦ Look! The decrees of/my decree [...]
⸢en⸣ter to him and they ⸢should⸣ show [...]
I cannot enter ◦[...]
Moore, James D.. 'London, BM EA 133028.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10368. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.