Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43493
TAD A.3.01 Cowley 54
Metadata
- Collection
- Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
- Genres
-
- report
- Letter | Private Letter
- Letter
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Excavation
- Acquired
- Otto Rubensohn and Fredriech Zucker [1906–1907]
- Created by
- James D. Moore
- Material
- papyrus
- Palimpsest?
- true
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- Date (Composition)
- Gregorian -525 to -399 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- References
-
- Porten, Bezalel and Yardeni, Ada 1986.
Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt. 4 vols. Jerusalem: Hebrew University, 1986.
Textual Notes
Paleography: The Ḥ on line 2 calls to mind Moore no. 1.1.1
Text and Translation
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James Moore
James Moore
Servant of ◦◦◦◦h / ˁAbd-...h.
Indeed, I sent (word)
to Nabûnatan.
(saying) If you have
10 asses,
let them release them.
ˀ◦L◦[ ◦◦◦]
[... ...] ⸢Še⸣zibnabû.
[... ...] Now, i⸢f⸣ I have 10 asses
[...]ˀ ⸢tho⸣se ⸢I sent⸣
[...] ... Nabûnatan in Abydos
[... ...]◦ tomorrow from before the commander
[...] send (word) to Nabûnatan. And he shall release
[... ...]◦ here his si⸢lver⸣ is much
[... ]make. We shall save ⸢you⸣ (m.s.).
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43493.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12700. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.