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.
Oxford Bodl. Ms. Heb. c. 59 (P)
Loan of Silver
TAD B.4.2
Metadata
- Collection
- Bodlien Library, Oxford, UK | Bodl (Public)
- Keyword
-
- Contract
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Unprovenanced: Purchase
- Acquired
- Robert Mond [1904]
- Material
- papyrus
- Text Direction Side 1
- perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-06-28
- Date (Composition in text)
- Babylonian [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- Date (Metadata)
- Gregorian -487 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
“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.
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James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore
[Gema]ryah [son of ˀA]ḥ[yô said to PN] son of Yotamaˀ, s[a]ying: You gave me silver,
[3 shekels, 1+]1 (=2) [q(uarters)] by the stone(-weight)s of Ptaḥ, silver, 1 sh(ekel) to the 10, and (interest) will accrue from me (at the rate of) silver, 2 hallurs
to silver, 1 sh(ekel) per month (= 5% monthly) until the day that I pay it to [you]. And the interest
on your silver (3) will be (4) 7 hallurs per month. And (any) month in which I do not give you
interest, it will be capital and accrue (interest). And I shall pay it to you month by month
from my allotment which they will give me from the treasury and you shall write me a receipt for all
the silver and interest which I shall be paying you. And if I do not pay you all
your silver and its interest by the month of Thoth, year 36, your silver
and its interest which remains from me (8) WILL DOUBLE (9) and be accruing (interest) from me month by month
until the day that I pay it to you.
The witnesses:
ˁAqban son of Šamašnûrî;
Qaṣrî son of Yahôram;
Maḥseyah son of Yedanyah;
Malkyah son of Zekaryah.
Gemariah son of Ahio wrote the document upon the instruction of the witnesses who are on this document.
Moore, James D.. 'Oxford Bodl. Ms. Heb. c. 59 (P).' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11918. Accessed: 29 Jun, 2026.