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Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43501

Judicial Oath - Demotic Deposition with Aramaic Docket

TAD B.7.4 Ber. P. 13452 (deaccessioned) Cowley 59 Sachau pap. 48 / taf. 39

Metadata

Collection
Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
Genres
  • Legal (Content)
  • Contract
  • Legal | Oath
Languages
Egyptian (Demotic), Aramaic
Scripts
Demotic Egyptian, 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
parallel (∥) 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 59.
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC 310482.
  • Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986. TAD B.7.04.
  • Sachau, Eduard and Robarts - University of Toronto 1911. Sachau pap. 48 / taf. 39.
General Notes
Demotic contract / aramaic docket

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

[… Ar]taxerxes LPH
[...] …
[...] …
[...] …
[...] …
[...] … I have nothing
[in the world against you in their name (…) The one who] will come against you concerning them
[in the name of …] … Meritptah
[…]
Document of an oath ⸢which⸣ Ḥmny◦[…] wrote […]
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43501.' DEAPS. 07 Jan, 2026. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12381. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.