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Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43492 / Ber. P. 13458 (deaccessioned)

Betrothal Contract (frag.)

TAD B.2.05

Metadata

Collection
Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
Genre
  • Contract
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
perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
References
  • Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest) and Robarts - University of Toronto 1923. Cowley 48.
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC 308159.
  • Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. TAD B.2.05.
  • Sachau, Eduard and Robarts - University of Toronto 1911. Sachau pap. 38 / taf. 35.

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.
Sachau, Eduard. Aramäische Papyrus und Ostraka aus einer jüdischen Militär-Kolonie zu Elephantine. 2 vols. Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1911. https://archive.org/details/aramischepapyr02sachuoft/page/n17/mode/2up.

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James Moore

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side: recto line: 01
side: recto line: 02
side: recto line: 03
side: recto line: 04

James Moore

[... And if I do not give you]
this ⸢s⸣i⸢l⸣⸢v⸣e⸢r⸣ which is written above and I do not ⸢c⸣o[me to Miptahiah]
your daughter to take her for wifehood, I shall give to Mahseiah [silver, x karsh ...]
son of Zaccur ⸢...⸣ [...]
Me⸢sh⸣ull[am] ⸢s⸣o⸢n⸣ of P[N ...]
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43492 / Ber. P. 13458 (deaccessioned).' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12367. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.