Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43475
TAD A.3.06 Cowley 40 deaccessioned Pap. Ber. P. 13473
Metadata
- Collection
- Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt | EM (Public)
- Genres
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- Letter | Private Letter
- Letter | Business 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
- Text Direction Side 1
- Material lines are diagonal ↙︎
- Text Direction Side 2
- perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
- 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.
Text and Translation
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James Moore
James Moore
To my brother Pilṭi, your brother Hôšaˁy[ah. May the go]d of Heaven seek after [your welfare] at all times. Greetings, Šewaˀ and his sons. Greetings, ˀAbî[hî. And now,]
I heard of the struggle that you had struggled when ◦◦[... ... ...]◦ went. I and Ṣeḥaˀ son of Paḥah said to Pîsina and ˀ[...]
and he sent a letter on account of this (saying) thus to Ṣe(ḥ)aˀ: Y◦[... ...] to the children. About you (m.s.) my heart is torn. All that will be ◦◦[... ...]
M◦[◦]◦ˀ a matter/word belonging to you here. Send (word) to[ ...]
To my brother Pil[ṭî son of Yaˀ]⸢û⸣š, ⸢your⸣ (m.s.) brother Hôšaˁyah son of Natan
Moore, James D.. 'Pap. Cairo EM JdE 43475.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12704. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.