Pap. Cairo EM JdE 37106
Grant of Usufruct to Son-in-law
TAD B.2.04 Sayce Cowley C; Cowley 09
Metadata
- Collection
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
- Genres
-
- Legal (Content)
- Contract
- usufruct
- 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 21.ix Art -459 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- Date (Composition in text)
- Egyptian 21.xii Art -459 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- Date (Composition)
- Gregorian 1.12.-459 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- References
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- Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest) and Robarts - University of Toronto 1923. Cowley 9.
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC 309595.
- Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. TAD B.2.04.
- Sayce, A. H. et al. 1906. Sayce and Cowley C.
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
James Moore
On the 20[+1] (= 21st) of [Kis]le[v, that is da]y [20+]1 (= 21) of [Mes]ore, year 6 of Artaxerxes the king, said Maḥseyah
son of Yedanyah, a Ju[dean o]f Elephantine of the DGL-unit of Hawmadata, to Yezanyah son of ˀÛryah in the same DGL-unit,
saying: There is land of a house of mine, west of the house of yours, which I gave to Mibṭaḥyah
my daughter, your wife, and a document I wrote for her concerning it. The measurements of that house: 13 cubits and a handbreadth
by 11 by the measuring rod. Now, I, Maḥseyah, said to you: That land build (up) and {enrich it| prepare in it her house}
and dwell herein with your wife. But that house — you do not have right to sell it or to give (it)
lovingly to others but it is your children from Mibṭaḥyah my daughter (who) have right to it
after you (both). If tomorrow or the next day that land you build (up and) afterwards my daughter hate you
and go out from you, she does not have right to take it and give it to others but it is your children from
Mibṭaḥyah (who) have right to it in exchange for the work which you did. If she shall reclaim
from you, half the house [s]h[al]l be hers to take but the other half — you have right to it in exchange for
the building (improvement)s which you have built into that house. And furthermore, that half — it is your children from Mibṭaḥyah
(who) have right to it after you. If tomorrow or the next day I bring against you suit or process
and say: “I did not give you that land to build (up) and I did not write for you this document,” I
shall give you silver, 10 karsh by the stone(-weight)s of the king, silver 2 q(uarters) to the ten, without suit or without process.
Wrote ˁAttaršûrî son of Nabûzerˀibni this document in Syene the fortress at the instruction of Maḥseyah. The witnesses
herein: (2nd hand) witness Hôšeˁa son of Pelalyah; (3rd hand) witness Zekaryah son of Natan;
(4th hand) witness Gemaryah son of Maḥseyah; (5th hand) witness Zekaryah son of Mešullam;
(6th hand) witness Maˁûzyah son of Malkyah; (7th hand) witness Šemaˁyah son of Yedanyah;
(8th hand) witness Yedanyah son of Maḥseyah; (9th hand) witness Natan son of ˁAnanyah; (10th hand) witness Zakkûr son of Ṣepanya\h/;
(11th hand) witness Hôšeˁa so[n of] Deˁûyah/Reˁûyah; (12th hand) witness Maḥsah son of Yešaˁyah;
(13th hand) witness Hô[šeˁa son of Yi]gdol.
Do[cument ...]
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 37106.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12366. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.