Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43467
TAD A.4.10 Pap. Ber. P. 13472 deaccessioned Sachau pap. 5 / taf. 4 Cowley 33 Grelot 104
Metadata
- Collection
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
- Keywords
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- Letter
- notice
- record
- report
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Excavation
- Acquired
- Otto Rubensohn and Fredriech Zucker [1906–1907]
- Material
- papyrus
- Palimpsest?
- true
- Text Direction Side 1
- parallel (∥) to the material's lines
- Text Direction Side 2
- blank
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-06-28
- Date (Composition)
- Gregorian -416 to -399 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
General Notes
The text appears to have been a scribal join of an erased palimpset text. This may be part of a memorandum. One wonders if this joins to the memorandum entry A4.9.
Textual Notes
The reference to the iranian word "investigation" in line 12 is curious. This seems to be a memorandum of a petition in order to request the rebuilding of the temple--not a statement that the temple has been approved or rebuilt.
r 10: This line is difficult. The verb at the end is singular not plural as would be expected if its subject were the series of sacrifices
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
Your servants, 1 by name of Yedanyah son of Gem[aryah,]
[1] by name of Maûzî son of Natan,
1 by name of Šemaˁyah son of Ḥaggay,
1 by name of Hôšeˁa son of Yatôm,
1 by name of Hôšeˁa son of Nattûn. Total: 5 men.
Syenians who are in Fort-Elephantine. Po[ssession]-status-holders.
thus say/thus we said: If our lord [...]
and the temple of Yahô the God of ours will be rebuilt
at Fort-Elephantine as former[ly] it was [bu]ilt,
then sheep, ox, and goat will [n]ot be made there as burnt-offering
but incense, grain-offering [...]
and our lord should/will/must mak[e] an investigation [...]
we shall give/he gave/gives to the house of our lord si[lver ...]
barley, a thousa[nd] ardabs.
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43467.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12566. Accessed: 29 Jun, 2026.