Elephantine papyri
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The Elephantine papyri are a collection of ancient Jewish and administrative documents from a Persian-period garrison community on Elephantine Island in Egypt, offering key insights into daily life, religion, and law in the 5th century BCE.
Statements (59)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Aramaic papyri
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ancient manuscript collection ⓘ historical document corpus ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Elephantine Jewish community
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Persian military garrison at Elephantine ⓘ |
| contains |
divorce documents
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loan agreements ⓘ manumission documents ⓘ marriage contracts ⓘ military pay records ⓘ property deeds ⓘ temple correspondence ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| creator | Jewish community of Elephantine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredAt | Elephantine Island archaeological sites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 19th century ⓘ |
| documents |
Jewish temple at Elephantine
NERFINISHED
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appeals to Persian officials for temple rebuilding ⓘ destruction of the Elephantine temple ⓘ inheritance practices ⓘ mixed marriages ⓘ oaths and legal formulas ⓘ slavery and servitude ⓘ |
| genre |
administrative documents
ⓘ
contracts ⓘ legal documents ⓘ letters ⓘ petitions ⓘ religious texts ⓘ |
| historicalImportance |
evidence for early Jewish law outside Judah
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key source for Achaemenid administration in Egypt ⓘ key source for social history of Jews in the diaspora ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Imperial Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Aswan
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ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ Elephantine Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Jewish community in Egypt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
daily life in a Persian-period garrison community ⓘ interactions between Jews and Egyptians ⓘ law and legal practice in 5th century BCE ⓘ relations between Jews and Persian authorities ⓘ religious practice in Elephantine ⓘ |
| material | papyrus ⓘ |
| presentLocation |
Berlin State Museums
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ⓘ
Brooklyn Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ Egyptian Museum in Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ other major museum and library collections ⓘ |
| religionDocumented |
Judaism
NERFINISHED
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Yahwism NERFINISHED ⓘ polytheistic practices among Jews of Elephantine ⓘ |
| script | Aramaic script ⓘ |
| studiedInField |
Jewish studies
ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern history ⓘ biblical studies ⓘ papyrology ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
5th century BCE
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Achaemenid period NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian period in Egypt ⓘ |
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