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.
Oxford Bodl. Aram. Inscr. 2
TAD D.07.03 Sayce-Cowley N
Metadata
- Collection
- Bodlien Library, Oxford, UK | Bodl (Public)
- Keyword
-
- Missive
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Unprovenanced: Purchase
- Acquired
- A.H. Sayce [≤ 1907]
- Material
- clay | sherd (for ostracon)
- Text Direction Side 1
- parallel (∥) to the material's lines
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-06-28
- Date (Metadata)
- Gregorian -525 to -399 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
“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.
Sayce, A. H., and Arthur E. Cowley. Aramaic Papyri Discovered at Assuan. Edited by Seymour de Ricci. London: Moring, 1906.
Textual Notes
cc 4: The א in ואל is certain.
cc 5: Perhaps here, “and buy” וזבני or "to buy" לזבנת/ה.
The color photograph is difficult to read. Generally, TAD is followed as it pertains to the surviving text.
ERC 307812
RÉS no. 493
Cowley, PSBA 37, 221
Text and Translation
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James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore
[Gr]eetings, ˀAḥûṭab. ⸢And⸣ now, quote:
[I]⸢f⸣ “there is no cucumb⸢er⸣ seed”
[a]s the woman said to you (f.s.), (then) to [◦(◦)]
go today, but do ⸢no⸣t [go]
[to (◦)]◦ˀ son of ˀt◦◦. ◦◦◦◦
[... ]gourd seed. Moreover, if[ ...]
I have ◦◦[...]
for tomorrow ◦◦◦[...]
[...]◦◦ today[...]
Moore, James D.. 'Oxford Bodl. Aram. Inscr. 2.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11204. Accessed: 29 Jun, 2026.