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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

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James Moore

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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.