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Pap. Ber. P. 03206

TAD B.8.05 COWLEY 69 Brauner Papyrus
not in ATNS

Metadata

Collection
Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
Keywords
  • Contract
  • Legal (Content)
  • Record Roll | Judicial
Language
Aramaic
Script
Aramaic
Find Type
Unprovenanced: Purchase
Acquired
Carl Richard Lepsius [1842 – 1845]
Material
papyrus
Text Direction Side 1
parallel (∥) to the material's lines
Text Direction Side 2
blank
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-06-28
General Notes
According to Cowley no. 69, the fragments probably come from Elephantine. TAD, however, suggests Saqqarah (vol. B p. 149.).

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.
References: Cowley 69.
“Localizing 4,000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt. ERC Grant ID: 637692,” n.d. TBA.
References: ERC 100746.
Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
References: TAD B.8.05.

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James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore

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James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore

them. He sai[d] thus, [...] ...
THEY ARE GIVEN to [the] trea[sury]/trea[surer. ...] paid to ... [...
the treasury ... [...] ... in RE[NT
it was done [...] notify/he-notified (OR: show/he-showed)
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[...] ... [PN] spoke against Peṭenefḥotep [...
[...] ... [...] He said thus, “They seized [...
[...] by name, 1 [...] on [...] and they imprisoned him and ... [...
[...] ... and rods/our-rod, (our) feet/detachment(s) [...] they did not release him until [...] silver [...
[...] ...
[...] PN, detachment commander, spoke against Sntw ... [...
[...] ... which are mine ... [...]
[...] Ptyrwt just as [...] was given to Tiripata ... [...
[...] ...mḥwt ... which PN spoke against our lord ... [...
[...] the god ... which is mine as payment I gave him ... [...
[...] release [...] was given to W/Ptnšn and his colleagues.
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Ber. P. 03206.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12382. Accessed: 01 Jul, 2026.