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Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43466

TAD A.6.01 erc 308134 Cowley 17 Sachau pap. 4 / taf. 5 / 3429-J.43466 / Ber. P. 13480 (deaccession)

Metadata

Collection
Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
Keywords
  • Letter
  • Petition
Language
Aramaic
Script
Aramaic
Find Type
Excavation
Acquired
Otto Rubensohn and Fredriech Zucker [1906–1907]
Material
papyrus
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-06-28

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.
References: Cowley 17.
“Localizing 4,000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt. ERC Grant ID: 637692,” n.d. TBA.
References: erc 308134.
Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
References: TAD A.6.01.
Textual Notes
Sachau pap. 4 / taf. 5

Text and Translation

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Porten and Yardeni Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore

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Porten and Yardeni Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore

[To our lord Arsa]mes, your servants Achaemenes and his colleagues, Bagadana and his colleagues, and the scribes of the province. The welfare of our lord, may [all] the gods,
[abundantly seek after at] all times. And now, an order was i[ss]ued to us, saying: "The share which is given in the province, where[ …]
[… ]separately, each kind, [mo]nth by month, do send to me. Moreover, a rescript was written (and) given to us. Now,[ ...]
[To] our lord Arsames [w]ho is in Egypt, your [serv]ants Achaemenes and his colleagues the heralds, Ba[gadana and his colleagues]
the judges, Peteisi and his colleagues the scribes of the province of Pamunpara(?), Ḥarudj and his colleagues the scribes of the provin[ce of …]
[… ]servant of Sinerish the herald, their colleague. On 19 Marḥeshvan, year 38 of [King] Artaxerxes[ …]
Moore, James D., Armand Rogers. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43466.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12359. Accessed: 29 Jun, 2026.