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Pap. Cairo EM JdE 59209

Fragmentary Silver Account

TAD C.3.05 = aim = Cairo no. 3656 Cowley appendix (p. 318ff.)

Metadata

Collection
Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
Genres
  • list
  • Account
  • taxation document
  • Record Roll
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
References
  • Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. D.07.07.
General Notes
Found at the Necropolis of Saqqara (Giron, JA, 56).

Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
Textual Notes
The photograph available to me in Aimé-Giron's editio princeps is too difficult to read completely.

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James Moore

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James Moore

[...]...[
[...]... 3[
[... she]kels 7 ◦[
[... ]... [... prov]ince of Msṭy of/which K⸢ˁ⸣[
[... ...]ˀ silver, [#] karsh [
[... ]silver, [5]20[(+)] karsh, 1[+ shekels], 22 hallurs
[... sil]ver, 5 karsh, [2] she⸢ke⸣[l]s, 15 [hallur]s of the mandattu-payment of the troop ◦[...]
[... silver], 60 [kars]h‚ 5 shekels‚ 15 hallurs (cor. to \[...] 14 [shekels], 10 hallurs)/
[... silver], 412 [kar]sh, 2([+]) shekels[ ...]
[... silver], 5[+ karsh], 1 [sh]ekel, 27 hallurs
[... ]priests in the temples, silver[ ...]
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 59209.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11207. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.