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.
Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43492 / Ber. P. 13458 (deaccessioned)
Betrothal Contract (frag.)
TAD B.2.05
Metadata
- Collection
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
- Keyword
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- Contract
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Excavation
- Acquired
- Otto Rubensohn and Fredriech Zucker [1906–1907]
- Material
- papyrus
- Text Direction Side 1
- perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-06-28
“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.
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
[... 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: 30 Jun, 2026.