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Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43490

Juditial Oath

TAD B.7.1 Cowley 45 = Ber. P. 13477 (deaccessioned)

Metadata

Collection
Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
Genres
  • Legal (Content)
  • Contract
  • Legal | Oath
  • Record Roll | Judicial
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
parallel (∥) to the material's lines
Text Direction Side 2
blank
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
References
  • Cowley, A. E. (Arthur Ernest) and Robarts - University of Toronto 1923. Cowley 45.
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC 308157.
  • Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. TAD B.7.01.
  • Sachau, Eduard and Robarts - University of Toronto 1911. Sachau pap. 36 / taf. 32.

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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James Moore

[On # of {month}]?, year [# of {eponym}] the king in Fort-Syene [said PN son of PN...]
[... of the detachment of ˀIddinna]bû to Mahseiah son of Shibah, an Aramean of Syene [of the detachment of PN saying]
[...] on account of fish, saying, "You stole from me." I was inte[rogat]ed[ before ...]
an[ oath was imposed] for / to you (to swear) by Yahô the god that [I / you] did not steal fish [from...]
[… ]I shall turn back, or this grain, the value of your fish, […]
[...]? to you any fish or their value which you shall swear [...]
[… ]to you. I have not given you within [#] day[s ...]
the[ penalty]: barley, 1 qab per 1 peras each month and year[… wrote]
[Mauziah son of Nathan son of ]Anani this document in Fort-Syene
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43490.' DEAPS. 07 Jan, 2026. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12378. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.