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Oxford Bodl. Aram. Inscr. 3

TAD D.07.22 Sayce-Cowley O

Metadata

Collection
Bodlien Library, Oxford, UK | Bodl (Public)
Genre
  • Missive
Language
Aramaic
Script
Aramaic
Find Type
Unprovenanced: Purchase
Acquired
A.H. Sayce [≤ 1907]
Created by
James D. Moore
Material
clay | sherd (for ostracon)
Palimpsest?
true
Text Direction Side 1
parallel (∥) to the material's lines
Text Direction Side 2
parallel (∥) to the material's lines
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
Date (Metadata)
Gregorian -525 to -399 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
References
  • Académie des inscriptions & belles -lettres (France ) Commission du Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum, Jean-Baptiste Chabot and University of Michigan 1900. RÉS no. 494.
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 307813.
  • Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. D.07.22.
  • Sayce, A. H. et al. 1906. Sayce/Cowley no. O.

Académie des inscriptions & belles -lettres (France ) Commission du Corpus inscriptionum semiticarum, Jean-Baptiste Chabot. Répertoire d’épigraphie sémitique. Vol. 8. Imprimerie nationale, 1900. http://archive.org/details/rpertoiredpigra00gangoog.
“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.
Sayce, A. H., and Arthur E. Cowley. Aramaic Papyri Discovered at Assuan. Edited by Seymour de Ricci. London: Moring, 1906.

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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore

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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore

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Moore, James D.. 'Oxford Bodl. Aram. Inscr. 3.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10373. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.