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Ves. Cairo EM JdE 43464 h

/ Ber. P. 11402 (deaccessioned) 

TAD D.11.12; Sachau pap. 84, 8 / taf. 71, 8

Metadata

Collection
Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
Genre
  • Vessel Label
Languages
Phoenician / Punic, Aramaic
Scripts
Phoenician, Aramaic
Find Type
Excavation
Acquired
Otto Rubensohn and Fredriech Zucker [1906–1907]
Created by
James D. Moore
Material
clay | vessel (or pot fragment/sherd)
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
References
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . 309293.
  • Lidzbarski, Mark 1912. no. 33.
  • Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. D.11.12.
  • Sachau, Eduard and Robarts - University of Toronto 1911. ost. 84, 8 / taf. 71, 8.

“Localizing 4,000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt. ERC Grant ID: 637692,” n.d. TBA.
Lidzbarski, Mark. Phönizische und aramäische Krugaufschriften aus Elephantine. Abhandlungen der Preußischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Philosophisch-Historische Klasse 1. Berlin: Verl. der Königl. Akad. der Wiss., 1912.
Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
Sachau, Eduard. Aramäische Papyrus und Ostraka aus einer jüdischen Militär-Kolonie zu Elephantine. 2 vols. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1911. https://archive.org/details/aramischepapyr02sachuoft/page/n17/mode/2up.
Textual Notes
ln. 1: הכרסימ (Phoenician). meaning uncertain. Perhaps a type of vase/vessel from known in Greek. in which case this is a jar-type/jar-measurement label. Alternatively it may be a name, which I don't think so. Lastly it may be a gentilic/occupation, in which case it my overlap with the type of vessel. It seems to me that this might be a jar label or mark akin to ממלא or בת. Compare KAI 49:16 (Moore). upside down לנבוברכ (Aramaic) ברכ בר ⸢ש⸣[...] (Aramaic)

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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore

HKRSYM (Phoenician)
Belonging to Nabûberak (Aramaic)
Berak son of ⸢Š⸣[...] (Aramaic)
Moore, James D.. 'Ves. Cairo EM JdE 43464 h.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11316. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.