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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
  • 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

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James Moore

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James Moore

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[...]... to Maḥseyah
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[...] which[...]
{[...]ḤD |[...]ḤR} Ḥ◦◦
[...]...
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Moore, James D.. 'P. 8763.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10377. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.