Ber. P. 23182
Fragmentary. Unclassified Letter or Contract
NAP 1.3.06. B/AM x 511, fol. 32
Metadata
- Collection
- Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
- Genres
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- Letter
- Contract
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Excavation
- Acquired
- Otto Rubensohn and Fredriech Zucker [1906–1907]
- Created by
- James D. Moore
- Material
- papyrus
- Text Direction Side 1
- perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
- Text Direction Side 2
- parallel (∥) to the material's lines
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- References
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- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . 312356.
- Moore, James D. 2022.
“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
Verso. The side-to-side orientation of the opistograph suggests that the verso is a docket or address, and for this reason ◦ספיר is more likely a name. All letters are certain except for the ר which may also be interpreted as a ו. The verb √ספר is hardly (if ever)*1* attested in IA, so reading a Gp-stem is unlikely. Also, the noun sapphire is also not (yet) found in Egyptian Aramaic sources.
*1*See Lipiński, “New Aramaic Clay Tablets,” 255–256 for the one occurrence thought to be a verb.
Text and Translation
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James Moore Last updated 20 October, 2025 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 20 October, 2025 by James D. Moore
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Moore, James D.. 'Ber. P. 23182.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11884. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.