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Pap. Ber. P. 13465

TAD B.6.4 Cowley 18

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Collection
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
Genres
  • Legal (Content)
  • Contract
  • marriage
  • [ספר אנתו] (Ancient)
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
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
References
  • Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest) and Robarts - University of Toronto 1923. Cowley 18.
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC 100738.
  • Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. TAD B.06.04.
  • Sachau, Eduard and Robarts - University of Toronto 1911. Sac pap. 34 / taf. 33.

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.
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.

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James Moore

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James Moore

[Moreover, Hôšayah shall not be able to take another wo]⸢man⸣
[besides Sallûˀah his wife for himself for wifehood. If he does so, it is hatred. He shall do to her] the law of hatred.
[And moreover, Hôšayah shall not be able to engage in law (with) one or t]⸢w⸣[o of ]his colleagues' ⸢wi⸣ves as (with) Sallûˀah
[his wife. If he does not engage in law (with) of one or two of] his colleagues’ [wives], it is hatred. [More]over,
[Sallûˀah shall] (4) not (5) [be able not to engage in la]⸢w⸣[ (with) one or two (others) as (with) Hôšayah. If she does not engage in law (with) one]
⸢or t⸣[w]o (others), i[t is] hat[red]. ⸢She shall d⸣o to him the law of hatred. Yahôḥen daughter of [PN] shall not be a[b]⸢l⸣e to [say to him]
or to Sallûˀa her daughter that: “\[T]hese/ goods and the silver which are written in \this/ document I gave you in affection, (but) now, I desire
to reclaim them.” If she says thus, she is guilty. She shall not be heard. Maˁuzyah son of Natan son of ˁAnanyah wrote
this document at the instruction of Hôšayah and Yahôḥen. The witnesses herein: witness Ḥeremnatan son of Bêtˀelnatan son of Ṣeḥaˀ,
witness Ḥaggay son of Penûlyah, witness Yaˀûš son of [ˀA]zanyah, witness Bêtˀelnatan son of Yahônatan.
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Ber. P. 13465.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11921. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.