Ber. P. 23942
Fragmentary Court Record/Oath
NAP 2.4.02. B/AM x 404, fol. 11
Metadata
- Collection
- Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
- Genre
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- Record Roll | Judicial
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Excavation
- Acquired
- Otto Rubensohn and Fredriech Zucker [1906–1907]
- Created by
- James D. Moore
- Material
- papyrus
- Palimpsest?
- true
- Text Direction Side 1
- parallel (∥) to the material's lines
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- References
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- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 311870.
- 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.
Textual Notes
From edition:
The letters are relatively large, and while the hand is skilled the letters are not carefully written. Furthermore, a second person pronoun is rare to find on most types of record rolls. This may be a judicial record, and the shape and size of the letters as well as the edge of the pen (evidence on א) match those found on EM 43490 (Ber. P. 13477 deaccession = TAD B.07.01).
notes:
record roll? The א reminds me of Mauziah’s hand.
early nineteenth century repair on verso.
Nun has no head = straight line.
wavy waw-like stroke on taw.
Standard alef with roughly a 55 degree angle between horn and body stroke.
theban letter? 458?
Bottom of recto contains pattern of dark spots.
Perhaps a memorandum or legal letter of sorts?
Text and Translation
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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
[...] you (m.s.) [...]
Moore, James D.. 'Ber. P. 23942.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12165. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.