Oxford Bodl. Ms. Heb. b. 19 (P)
Grant of a Built Wall
TAD B.2.01
Metadata
- Collection
- Bodlien Library, Oxford, UK | Bodl (Public)
- Genres
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- ספר אגרא זי בנה זי כתב PN (Ancient)
- Contract
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Unprovenanced: Purchase
- Acquired
- Robert Mond [1904]
- Created by
- James D. Moore
- Material
- papyrus
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- Date (Metadata)
- Gregorian -471 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- Date (Composition in text)
- Babylonian 18.vi Xer 15 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- Date (Other date in text)
- Egyptian 28.ix Xer 15 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- References
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- Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest) and Robarts - University of Toronto 1923. Cowley 05.
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC 308180.
- Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. TAD B.02.01, fold. 02.
- Sayce, A. H. et al. 1906. Sayce-Cowley A.
General Notes
This is one of the "Mond" papyri, and was purchased by the Bodlien (along with "papyrus L". The others were donated to Cairo under coercion of Howard Carter.
Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest). Aramaic Papyri of the Fifth Century B.C. Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1923. https://archive.org/stream/aramaicpapyrioff00ahikuoft#page/124/mode/2up.
“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.
Text and Translation
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James Moore
James Moore
On the 18th of Elul, that is day 28 of Pachons, year 15 of Xerxes the king, said
Konaiah son of Zadak, an Aramean of Syene of the detachment of Varyazata, to Mahseiah son of Jenadiah, an Aramean of Syene
of the detachment of Varyazata, saying:Building Rights I came to you and you gave me the gateway of the house of yours to build
a wall there.Investiture That wall is yours — (the wall) which adjoins the house of mine at its corner which is above.
That wall shall adjoin the side of my house from the ground upwards, from the corner of my house which is above to the house of Zechariah.
Tomorrow or the next day, I shall not be able to restrain you from building upon that wall of yours.
If I restrain you, I shall give you silver, 5 karsh by the stone(-weight)s of the king, pure silver, and that wall
is likewise (yours). And if Konaiah die tomorrow or the next day, son or daughter, brother or sister,
near or far, member of a detachment or town (8) shall not be able (9) to restrain Mahsah or a son of his from building upon
that wall of his. Whoever of them shall restrain, shall give him the silver which is written above and the wall
is yours likewise and you have right to build upon it upwards. And I, Konaiah, shall not be able
to say to Mahsah, saying: “(ERASURE: Not) That gateway is not yours and you shall not go out into the street which is
between us and between the house of Pefṭuauneit the boatman.” If I restrain you, I shall give you the silver which is written above
and you have right to open that gateway and to go out into the street which is between us (and Pefṭuauneit).
Wrote Pelatiah son of Ahio this document at the instruction of Konaiah. The witnesses herein:
(2nd hand) witness Mahsah son of Isaiah; (3rd hand) witness Shatibarzana son of ʾtrly; (3rd hand) witness Shatibarzana son of ʾtrly;
(4th hand) witness Shemaiah son of Hosea; (5th hand) witness Phrathanjana son of Artakarana; (6th hand)
witness Bagadata son of Nabukudurri; (7th hand) Ynbwly son of Darga; (8th hand)
witness Baniteresh son of Waḥpre; (9th hand) witness Shillem son of Hoshaiah.
Document (sealing) of the wall which is built which Konaiah wrote for Mahsah.
Moore, James D.. 'Oxford Bodl. Ms. Heb. b. 19 (P).' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11898. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.