Pap. Cairo EM JdE 37107
Withdrawal from Land
TAD B.2.02
Metadata
- Collection
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
- Genres
-
- Legal (Content)
- Contract
- deed
- Legal | Withdrawal
- ספר מרחק (Ancient)
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Unprovenanced: Purchase
- Acquired
- A.H. Sayce [≤ 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
- Date (Composition in text)
- Babylonian 18.ix Art 1 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- Date (Composition in text)
- Babylonian 18.ix Xer 21 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- Date (Composition in text)
- Egyptian 17.i Xer 21 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- Date (Composition)
- Gregorian 2.01.-464 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- References
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- Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest) and Robarts - University of Toronto 1923. Cowley 6.
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC 309596.
- Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. TAD B.2.02.
- Sayce, A. H. et al. 1906. Sayce and Cowley B.
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.
“Localizing 4,000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt. ERC Grant ID: 637692,” n.d. TBA.
Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
Sayce, A. H., and Arthur E. Cowley. Aramaic Papyri Discovered at Assuan. Edited by Seymour de Ricci. London: Moring, 1906.
Text and Translation
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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
On the 18th of Kislev, that is d[ay 13+]4 (= 17) of Thoth, year 21 (of Xerxes the king), the beginning of the reign when
Artaxerxes the king sat on his throne, said Dargamana son of Ḥvarshayna, a Khwarezmian whose place
is made in Elephantine the fortress of the detachment of Artabanu, to Mahseiah son of Jedaniah, a Jew who is in the fortress of Elephantine
of the detachment of Varyazata, saying: You swore to me by YHW the God in Elephantine the fortress, you and your wife
and your son, all (told) 3, about the land of mine on account of which I complained against you before
Damîdata and his colleagues the judges, and they imposed upon you for me the oath to swear by YHW on account of that land,
that it was not land of Dargamana, mine, behold I. Moreover, behold the boundaries of that land
which you swore to me on account of it: my house, \I,/ Dargamana is to the east of it; and the house of Qônyah son of Zadak,
a Jew of the detachment of Atrôfarna, is to the west of it; and the house of [Yeza]nyah son of ˀÛryah,
a Jew of the detachment of Varyazata, is below it; and the house of ˀEspemet son of Pepṭuˁaûneyt,
a boatman of the rough waters, is above it. You swore to me by YHW and satisfied
my heart about that land. I shall not be able to institute against you suit or process — I, or son of mine or daughter
of mine about that land, \brother or sister of mine near or far—/ (against) you, or son of yours or daughter of yours, brother or sister of yours, near or far.
Whoever shall institute against you (suit) in my name \about/ that land shall give you silver, 20, that is twenty, karsh by the stone(-weight)s of
the king, silver 2 q(uarters) to the ten, and that land is likewise yours and you are withdrawn from
any suit (in) which they shall complain against you on account of that land. Wrote ˀÎtû son of ˀAbbah this document
in Syene the fortress at the instruction of Dargamana. (2nd hand) Witness Hôšeˁa son of Peṭeḥnûm; (3rd hand) witness
Gaddul son of Igdal; (4th hand) witness Gemaryah son of ˀAḥyô; (5th hand) Mešullam son of Hôšeˁa; (6th hand)
Sînkišir son of Nabûsumiskun; (7th hand) witness Hadadnuri the Babylonian; (8th hand)
witness Gedalyah son of ˁAnanyah; (9th hand)
witness ˀAryayša son of ˀArvasta(h)mara.
Document of Withdrawal that [Dargama]na son of Ḥvarshayna wrote for Maḥseyah
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 37107.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12364. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.