Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43485
Obligation to Deliver Grain (Frag.)
NAP 1.2.02. TAD B.4.3 Cairo EM JdE 43485 + B/AM x 551 jj, fol. 40 = deaccession Ber. P. 13475 + Ber. P. 23172
Metadata
- Collection
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
- Genres
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- Legal (Content)
- Contract
- loan
- Promissory note
- 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
- Date (Composition in text)
- Egyptian 28.ii Xer 3 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- Date (Composition)
- Gregorian 17.02.-487 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- References
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- Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest) and Robarts - University of Toronto 1923. Cowley 3.
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC 308152.
- Moore, James D. 2022.
- Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. TAD B.4.03.
- Sachau, Eduard and Robarts - University of Toronto 1911. Sachau pap. 26 / taf. 27.
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.
Moore, James D. New Aramaic Papyri from Elephantine in Berlin. Studies on Elephantine 1. Leiden: Brill, 2022. https://brill.com/view/title/61396.
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 Last updated 20 October, 2025 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 20 October, 2025 by James D. Moore
On the 28th of [the month of Phaophi, year 3 of King Xerxes, said Hôšeˁa]
son of[ Hô]davyah and ˀAḥ[îˀab son of Gemaryah ...]
M◦(◦)[... ]to ˀEsp⸢me⸣[t ... you gave]
into our hands barley, [# ardabs ...,]
lentils, ⸢20⸣([+]) ardab [...]
(in) total, [barl]⸢ey⸣ and mixed lentil[s: # ardab ...]
as (for) persons, [dist]⸢ributively⸣ 2, which/who to/for[... ...]
lentils, 1 ardab [...]
this gr[ain ](to) Syene [...]
[th]is docume⸢nt⸣ and Y◦[... ...]
the century-unit and the commanders of [the troops ...]
the grain which you gave ⸢t⸣[o ...]
by amount[ to ]the ⸢ho⸣use [the ]king[ ...]
which you gave into [our ]hand[ ...]
which are not ⸢share⸣[s ...]
[the] treasury[ ◦◦]◦◦◦ ◦[... ...]
the god, silver zuz [...]
and a brick house and ◦[... ...]
to me, ⸢you (m.s.) ha⸣ve right to ⸢sei⸣[ze ...]
which (is) writ(ten) abo⸢ve⸣. [(There is) no lawsuit ...]
H⸢ôšeˁa⸣ wrote with [his ]⸢o⸣wn hands[ ...]
Witnesses. Šûrî son of[ Kurz (...)]
Nuškuˁid⸢r⸣î son of Nabuna⸢ta⸣[n (...)]
Bagada[ta so]⸢n of⸣ Psamšek [(...)]
[Document (of ... which) Hôšeˁa (son of Hôdavyah) and ˀAḥîˀab (son of Gemaryah)] wro⸢te⸣[ for ˀEspemet (...)]
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43485.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11944. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.