Pap. Cairo EM JdE 37108
Grant of House to Daughter
TAD B.2.07 Sayce-Cowley E
Metadata
- Collection
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
- Genre
-
- contraact
- 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
- Date (Composition)
- Gregorian 17.11.-446 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- Date (Composition in text)
- Babylonian 2.ix Art 19 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- Date (Composition in text)
- Egyptian 10.xii Art 19 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- References
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- Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest) and Robarts - University of Toronto 1923. Cowley 13.
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC 308128.
- Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. TAD B.2.07.
- Sayce, A. H. et al. 1906. Sayce and Cowley E.
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 2nd of Kislev, that is day 10 of the month of Mesore, year 19 of Artaxerxes the king, said Mahseiah son of
Jedaniah, an Aramean of Syene of the detachment of Varyazata, to Miptahiah his daughter, saying: I gave you the house
which Meshullam son of Zaccur son of Ater, an Aramean of Syene, gave me for its value and a document he wrote for me about it.
And I gave it to Miptahiah my daughter. In exchange for her goods which she gave me. When I was garrsioned in (the) fortress, I consumed
them but did not find silver or goods to (re)pay you. Afterwards, I gave you this house
in exchange for those, your goods valued in silver (at) 5 karsh. And I gave you the old document which
that Meshullam wrote for me concerning it. This house — I gave it to you and withdrew from it. Yours it is and your children's
after you and to whomever you love you may give it. I shall not be able — I, or my children, or seed of mine, or
another person — to bring against you suit or process in the name of that house which I gave you and about which the document I wrote for you.
Whoever shall institute against you suit or (pro)cess — I, or brother or sister, near or far, member of a detachment or member of a town —
shall give you silver, 10 karsh, and (the) house is likewise yours. Moreover, another person shall not be able to take out against you
a new or old document but (only) this document which I wrote and gave you. Whoever shall take out against you a docu(ment), I did not wri[te it].
Moreover, behold these are the boundaries of that house: above it is the house of Jaush son of Penuliah; below it
is the Temple of YHH (the) God; east of it is the house of Gaddul son of Osea and the street is between them;
west of it is the house of Ḥarwodj son of Palṭu, priest of Ḥn[w]m the god. That house —
I gave it to you and withdrew from it. Yours it is forever and to whomever you desire give it . Wrote
Nathan son of Ananiah this document at the instruction of Mahseiah. And the witnesses herein: (2nd hand) Mahseiah wrote with his own ha\n/ds;
(3rd hand) Mithrasarah son of Mithrasarah; (4th hand) V⸢y⸣⸢z⸣b[lw] son of ʾtrly, a Caspian;
(5th hand) witness Barbari son of Dargi(ya), a Caspian of the place ◦◦[...]◦; ⸢Ha⸣⸢gg⸣⸢ai⸣, son of Shemaiah;
(7th hand) Zaccur son of Shillem.
Document (sealing) of a house [which Ma]hseiah son of Jedaniah [wrote for Miptahia]h his daughter.
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 37108.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12369. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.