Padua, Museo Civico Aramaic Papyrus 2
TAD A.3.04 Padua 2
Metadata
- Collection
- Museo Civico Padua | Padua (Public)
- Genres
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- Letter | Private Letter
- Legal (Content)
- Letter
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Acquisition
- Acquired
- Giovanni Battista Belzoni [1815–1819]
- 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
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- 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
The handcopy in TAD is missing two fragments on the verso's far left / recto's upper right. This changes the "family" context of the letter.
Text and Translation
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James Moore
James Moore
To ⸢my mo⸣ther ⸢Ye⸣h⸢ôyiš⸣ma, your (m.s.) son Šalôm. [...]
to you (m.s.). Greetings, Galg\û/l {here (err. for there?) |my deputy}. G⸢ree⸣tings, (to) the children. And [now], that ◦[...]
of mine give it to Paḥnûm son of Nabûdalah, and he will mak[e/do ...]
they will sue him. And if there is silver, give (f.s.) to him. ◦◦[...].
I have sent this letter. Greetings, \my mother/ Menaḥemet. Greetings [PN] son of Paḥn⸢û⸣[m. Greetings PN son/dauther of]
Yehôyišmaˁ.
[To] ⸢my⸣ [mother] ⸢Yehôyišmaˁ daugh⸣[ter of ...]
[... ˁA]⸢ttarmalk⸣[î ...]
Moore, James D.. 'Padua, Museo Civico Aramaic Papyrus 2.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12702. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.