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Ber. P. 23931 a (+) b

Unclassified Papyrus Fragment Written Parallel to the Fibers

NAP 2.5.06. B/AM x 476 t, fol. 26 + B/AM x 476 w, fol. 26 a = x 476 w b = x 476 t

Metadata

Collection
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
Genres
  • Memorandum
  • court record
  • report
Language
Aramaic
Script
Aramaic
Find Type
Excavation
Acquired
Otto Rubensohn and Fredriech Zucker [1906–1907]
Created by
James D. Moore
Material
papyrus
Palimpsest?
true
Text Direction Side 1
parallel (∥) to the material's lines
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
References
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . see folder 26 file.
  • Moore, James D. 2022.
General Notes
Context unclear. The presens of the verb "to save" on a record roll suggests a summary of a letter or judicial document. It is possible that it could be a report.

“Localizing 4,000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt. ERC Grant ID: 637692,” n.d. TBA.
Moore, James D. New Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine in Berlin. Studies on Elephantine 1. Leiden: Brill, 2022. https://brill.com/view/title/61396.
Textual Notes
Consider joining with Pl. P. 13461B- P. 23140-6, but this does not work. Fiber to script relationship is incorrect.

Text and Translation

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

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

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

[... ]Gemariah ⸢so⸣[n of ...]
[... ]Maḥ⸢s⸣[eyah ...]
[...]◦[...]
[...]{◦◦⸢D⸣Tˀ |◦◦⸢R⸣Tˀ} of/which ◦◦[...]
[... ]he shall be[ ...]
[... ]⸢they saved⸣[ ...]
Moore, James D.. 'Ber. P. 23931 a (+) b.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11866. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.