Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
Pap. Ber. P. 13464
TAD A.4.01
Metadata
- Collection
- Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
- Keywords
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- Letter
- Letter | Business Letter
- Letter | Official Letter
- Letter | Private Letter
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Excavation
- Acquired
- Otto Rubensohn and Fredriech Zucker [1906–1907]
- Material
- papyrus
- Palimpsest?
- true
- Text Direction Side 1
- perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
- Text Direction Side 2
- parallel (∥) to the material's lines
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-06-28
- Date (Composition in text)
- Babylonian 15-21.i Dar 5 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- Date (Composition)
- Gregorian -419 [Persian]
Textual Notes
Line r. 6 most certainly ends אס. But what does it mean? perhaps an imperative of the root אסר bind up אסרו
The address row of papyrus has an earasure that is still somewhat visible. it reads שטר this is highly unusual.
Text and Translation
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James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore
[To my brothers Ye]⸢danya⸣h and his ⸢collea⸣gues [the] Judean Tr[oop,] your brother Ḥanan[y]ah. May God/the gods [seek after] the welfare of my brothers
[at all times.] And now, this year, year 5 of Darius the King, (word) has been sent from the king to Arša[ma ...].
[... ...]◦Yˀ. Now, you (m.p.) thus count/appoint four[(-)... ...]
[... ...]{DW |RW}. And from day 15 until day 21 of[ Nisan ...]
[... ...] they were/be (m.p.) pure/clean. And beware! Labor ˀ[... ...]
[... ... ]you (m.p.) must ⸢no⸣t drink and anything that is leavened pa⸢ck⸣[age up ...]
[... from day ..., at ]sunset until day 21 of Nisa[n ...]
[... ... b]ring into your (m.p.) (storage ?) chambers and seal (them) during ⸢t⸣[hese] days.
[... ...]Yˀ
[To] my brothers Yedanyah and his colleagues, the Judean Troop, your brother Ḥananyah ⸢s⸣[on of PN].
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Ber. P. 13464.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12277. Accessed: 30 Jun, 2026.