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Ber. P. 23959

Fragmentary Contract

NAP 1.2.05. B/AM x 542, fol. 38

Metadata

Collection
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
Genre
  • 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
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
References
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. .
  • 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.

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James Moore Last updated 20 October, 2025 by James D. Moore

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James Moore Last updated 20 October, 2025 by James D. Moore

[... ]⸢and⸣ wi⸢th⸣[ ...]
[...]◦◦◦(◦)◦
[... to take her for wif]⸢eho⸣od I shall give [to PN ...]
[... you shall] ⸢give to me⸣ [...]
Moore, James D.. 'Ber. P. 23959.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11946. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.