P. 8763
TAD D.07.26
Metadata
- Collection
- Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
- Genre
-
- Missive
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Created by
- James D. Moore
- Material
- clay | sherd (for ostracon)
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- References
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- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC 100085.
- Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. D.07.26.
- Sachau, Eduard and Robarts - University of Toronto 1911. Sachau Ost. 77, 1 / taf. 64, 1.
- Sayce, A. H. et al. 1906. Sayce/Cowley no. P.
- 2020. http://elephantine.smb.museum/record/ID100085/.
General Notes
Said to be bought by Berlin in 1897.
“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.
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.
Sayce, A. H., and Arthur E. Cowley. Aramaic Papyri Discovered at Assuan. Edited by Seymour de Ricci. London: Moring, 1906.
“Rubensohn-Bibliothek | Die ägyptische und orientalische „Rubensohn-Bibliothek“, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,” July 4, 2020. https://elephantine.smb.museum/.
Textual Notes
cc 2: Both ת’s are clear in the color photograph. Grammatically the word is problematic. Either delete one ת and read following TAD or understand as a fem. subjunct. in which case מלה (unwritten) may be the subject.
cc 3: cf. Syr. √ܫܚܩ pael.
PSBA 25, p. 314f
RÉS no. 496
Text and Translation
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(When) you (f) say, they shall give the sack
[...]◦◦ ⸢to her/him/it. Surely⸣ if it should be said, saying:
[...]... Pkrs is disturbing
[...]... to Maḥseyah
[...]⸢YN⸣ send (f.s.)
[...] which[...]
{[...]ḤD |[...]ḤR} Ḥ◦◦
[...]...
[...]...
Moore, James D.. 'P. 8763.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10377. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.