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Ber. P. 23948

Unclassified Papyrus Fragment Written Parallel to the Fibers

NAP 2.5.18. B/AM x 536, fol. 38

Metadata

Collection
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
Genre
  • Record Roll
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
parallel (∥) to the material's lines
Text Direction Side 2
perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
References
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 312414.
  • Moore, James D. 2022.
General Notes
rotation side-to-side
High quality papyrus. No palimpsest.

“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
On the first letter ע of the name is doubt, but is plausible given the spelling. This is the first attestation of an ˀEšmun-type Phoenician name in Aramaic from Elephantine. It is known in Phoenician from the site (P. 11427).

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

side: recto line: 1'
side: verso line: 1'

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

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[...]◦ ⸢ˁAbd-ˀE⸣šmun
Moore, James D.. 'Ber. P. 23948.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12177. Accessed: 19 Jan, 2026.