Pap. Cairo EM JdE 36499

Fragmentary Wine Account

TAD C.3.01 RÉS 1791 = Cairo no. 3466

Metadata

Collection

Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)

Genres

list
Record Roll
ration list
Economic | Document
Account

Language

Aramaic

Script

Aramaic

Find Type

Acquisition

Locus

unknown.

Acquired

see notes.

Created by

James D. Moore

Material

papyrus

Text Direction Side 1

parallel (∥) to the material's lines

Text Direction Side 2

blank

Updated by

James D. Moore, 2026-01-18

Date (Composition)

Gregorian -650 to -600

General Notes

Collected by Spiegelberg in Saqqara near the Grave of Ptaḥ-ḥotep (Lidz. EsE III, 128).

Textual Notes

That this is an account of wine spelled with the Phoenician rather than Aramaic word YN, supports my interpretation of the script. Compare ID 11203 which is a similar situation Characteristics of the script are Phoenician, and given the context of Saqqara one should consider this not to be "7th Cent BCE" as TAD places it but rather in the (later half of the) 5th century. The names appear to be syro-mesopotamian. The first surviving name is babylonian. The name below it should be read as beginning with Nabû◦◦... The third name may be either phoenician Srs or Wrw... I'm inclined to read Srs. One wonders if the end of the lines are better to the hand of Nabû?

Text and Translation

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Porten and Yardeni Last updated 08 October, 2025 by James D. Moore

[...] 2, [wi]ne[ ...]

[…] 2, [wi]ne[ …]

[... 2], wine to Sinabuṣu[r ... b]y the hand of Danabu

[… 2], wine to Sinabuṣu[r … b]y the hand of Danabu

[... ]2, wine to {Nbpd◦◦ |Nbpr◦◦[ ...]ny by the hand of Danabu

[… ]2, wine to {Nbpd◦◦ |Nbpr◦◦[ …]ny by the hand of Danabu

[... ]2, wine to Pdpdṣ◦ |Pdprṣ◦ |Prpdṣ◦ |Prprṣ◦[ ...]bw by the hand of Danabu

[… ]2, wine to Pdpdṣ◦ |Pdprṣ◦ |Prpdṣ◦ |Prprṣ◦[ …]bw by the hand of Danabu

[... ]2, wine to Kn◦◦[ ... b]y the hand of Danabu

[… ]2, wine to Kn◦◦[ … b]y the hand of Danabu

by the ha[nd of] Danab[u]

Moore, James D., Armand Rogers. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 36499.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10635. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.