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Ost. Cairo EM JdE 35468 a

TAD D.07.29

Metadata

Collection
Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (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)
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
Date (Metadata)
Gregorian -525 to -399 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
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. 1295.
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC 308102.
  • Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. TAD D.07.29.

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.
Textual Notes
No known photographs of the object are published. Sayce 1909, 154 Lidz., EsE, 3:119

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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

To Ḥaggay. I spoke
to ˀAšyan about the silver of
the Marzeaḥ. Thus he said
to me: "there is none.
Now, I shall give it
to Ḥaggay or
Yigdol. Send (a person)
to him,
and he shall give it
to you (m.p.)".
Moore, James D.. 'Ost. Cairo EM JdE 35468 a.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10380. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.