Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43494
TAD A.3.02 Cowley 55
Metadata
- Collection
- Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Berlin, Germany | ÄMP (Public)
- Genres
-
- Letter
- Letter | Private Letter
- report
- 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
This is a very strange "letter"
r 2: see 10911. CG no. 174. cc. 01. for Yahṭal.
v 1: Bêtˀelnurî is a better reading than porten's ביתאלנדר. cf. TAD C3.15:6, 4.3:20; D9.9:14
Text and Translation
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James Moore
James Moore
And 1 Tpsh
{and 1 Yahṭal |and he gave to ⸢me⸣}
Zekaryah a karš of
[◦◦◦◦]⸢Š⸣Y
◦[◦]◦[...]
I/you/she said to ...
he gave (it) to bring suit against you (m.s.)
Bêtˀelnurî
1 (pair of) sandals of/which
◦◦◦◦[...]
1 [◦◦◦◦]◦ḤT
[◦◦ ]linen
and 1 Karbelah-head-covering
2 ṢṢN
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43494.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12701. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.