Ost. Cairo EM JdE 49635
TAD D.07.39
Metadata
- Collection
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
- Genre
-
- Missive
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Acquisition
- Acquired
- unknown [varia]
- 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 308111.
- Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. D.07.39.
General Notes
discovered in 1924 (A.-G. edition)
“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
AG argues the Ḥnum is a person here. He provides evidence that it is spelled as a person's name without final W in Egyptian as well.
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
[...]◦[...]
[... ]his/her house. Moreover,
the ⸢ba⸣sket in it (is) \the/ barley
of Ḥnum. They shall bring the\m/
(to) the house of Peṭôsirî.
They must not take
[...]◦◦ in Syene.
And se⸢nd to me the letter.⸣
But do not ... More⸢over⸣,
Farandata ...
to him, saying, "in Edfu
interrogate(d) ...
Moore, James D.. 'Ost. Cairo EM JdE 49635.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10388. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.