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Ber. P. 23930

Unclassified Papyrus Fragment Written Parallel to the Fibers

NAP 2.5.04 TAD D.03.24 ERC 100793 
P. 23123 + B/AM x 394 aa, fol. 10 briefly catalogues by us as Ber. P. 23123 + P. 23930

Metadata

Collection
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
Genres
  • Inventory
  • Record Roll | Judicial
  • Memorandum
Language
Aramaic
Script
Aramaic
Find Type
Excavation
Acquired
Otto Rubensohn and Fredriech Zucker [1906–1907]
Created by
James D. Moore
Material
papyrus
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
References
  • Moore, James D. 2022.
  • Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. D.03.24.

Moore, James D. New Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine in Berlin. Studies on Elephantine 1. Leiden: Brill, 2022. https://brill.com/view/title/61396.
Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
Textual Notes
Possible joins: P. 23133.*1* *1*Porten³, 48 believes that P. 23133 may go to Collection List of Egyptian Family Units, but the stylus, strokes, and material quality better match this document. ln. 2: ב⸢ל⸣[...] TAD בל[...] | vacat TAD + ln. 4 TAD - ll. 1, 3, 4 | ln. 2: ◦חנ TAD ◦◦◦

frag. c 2: The surviving stroke on the final letter is likely not ק as Porten, “Aramaic Papyrus Fragments in the Egyptian Museum of West Berlin,” 43 (and TAD’s translation implicitly) holds. The long vertical favors reading נפרת “litigation,” in which case the opening date formula and this work suggests that the record roll includes the summary of a court preceding (perhaps in memorandum-style). Cf. the entries on P. 13447 v.

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James Moore Last updated 20 October, 2025 by James D. Moore

part: frag a; side: recto line: 1'
part: frag b; side: recto line: 1'
part: frag b; side: recto line: 2'
part: frag b; side: recto line: 3'
part: frag c; side: recto line: 1'
part: frag c; side: recto line: 2'
part: frag b; side: verso line: 1'
part: frag b; side: verso line: 2'
part: frag b; side: verso line: 3'

James Moore Last updated 20 October, 2025 by James D. Moore

[...]year 16 of[...]
[...]◦ B◦[...]
[...] B⸢L⸣[...]
[...]3[...]
[...]◦ ◦[...]
[...]◦ NP◦[...]
[...]⸢4⸣
[...]4
[...]⸢4⸣
Moore, James D.. 'Ber. P. 23930.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10655. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.