MS 4612/7. Fragments of Wadi ed-Daliyeh Documentary Texts

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Typeset by Ne\ rgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd, Chennai, I ndia Prí nted and bound in Great Britain )fiXI I us aetzh. Fragments of Wadí ed_naliyeh Documentary Textsl JanDuš ek F.136. DSS F.Scraps í s possí ble that the fragments on plate ttts + otz/ z belong to the corpus af.samuiapapyrí from Wadi L-oďí yeh, wqitten in the fourth century, before 332Bc (ouš .ek k z0oz). 2oo7). Their script is identicalto identical to the ofthe Wadi ed-oaliyeh manuscripts and some fragments seem even to contaí n some ofthe proper attested í n the corpus. The fragmenŤ s are presented on plate Ms 4672/ 7 in six groups and we follow thí s grouping in our A. First Group: Fragments 1-3 1* 3 possibly belonged to one papyrus, but that is not certain. We are unable to confirm it, worked oný the photograph. 1. Frg. l l;''lJYf l t 1. 771L z The three small curves on the rí ght side may have belonged to three numbers 2} ,butthis reading í s very uircertain. The three letters on the rí ght appear to bJon the í nferior level, compared to the thřee signs on'the left. rhe ilrree numbers 20 possibly concerned some payment, as it is í n the other contracts fromWadi ed-oalí yeh. 2. Erg.z ] ň$'t lbrotherI _ 'This study of t] re cE, í s the result of a research undertakí ng, which is part ofthe grant projeď eeČ n' aot/ oz / Pt5l'Criticalanalysis new epigraphic evidence related to the history of the province of SamariJfrom the 4ú cenfury BCE to the 1'' cenú rry -Fltrr Gleaní ngs fromthe Caves 3r4 3. Frg.3 lni\ lo 18 .,.14 rll:' .:' 19 ooI t. t z 21 .ri "'- # '' 20 ,h ;rrĚŤ í 1j: ., l r.?l a "i* ,:. ,,r ,1,5' 16 :,'š l: "di B. Second Group: Fragments 4-11 The colour of frgs 4_72 í s similar, as is the script on the fragments numberí ng 4, 6 and 7 , 1. Frg.4 I ii-r I MS 4612/ 7 315 This fragment appears to contain the begí nningof adating formula with the number 10 and two verti_ cal bars í ndicating the number 12.The vertical bars could be followed by seven more bars. Thus, the datí ng formula would refer to the day of month between the 12th and 19'h cf. for example WDSP 6,1.2 I n the Wadí ed-Daliyeh manuscripts, the dating formula was either at the beginní ng of the document or at the end. The letter f seems to be preceded by a possible mark in ink. I f it is actually amarkin ink, the datí ng formula would be at the end of the document, as for example, in WDSP 3,11. 2. Frg.5 lo l Ir l"[ z 3. Frg.6 lo:nI The word might have been connected to pŤ 'food' attested in the manuscript concerní ng the loan of silver TÁD B3.1, lines 10 and 17,fromElephantí ne (Porten and Yardení I gBg,54-57),The form oÍ wmtl is simí lar to the form attested in WDSP 28 recto,frg.1',line z. 4. Erg.7 ] v:ň\ n"I The reading of the first letter on the rí ght as well as the interpretation of the whole word is uncertain. The mí ddle letter seems to be a taw,butthe readí ng of ahetí s also possible' I t is possible to propose the reconstructí on of the nameArtaxerxes: [ ryo] rzňň[ rx] . 5. Frg.8 ;r] jňjI x I t is possible to reconstruct i''lJI lJN 'we'. 6. Frg.9 Thí s fragment seems to bear traces of two or three illegible letters. 'WDSP = 'Wadí Daliyeh Samarí a Papyrus'. -!Gleanings fromthe Caves 7. Frg. The word on line 1 could be tR .or, or r1N LO li\ ixl L lool z ,also,. 8. Frg.11 ] jňt These letters could belong to some word with the root lnl 'to give', which appears í n the legalformulae of the Samaria papyri from Wadí ed-oaliyeh (see the glossary í n Duš ek 2007,6L4), C. Third Group: Fragments L2-17 I . Í rg. L2 l.t I This is probably the preposití on ). This form of lamedí s not often used, but is attested in several man17scripts (for example, in WDSP 10 and WDSP 18). 2. Í rg. 13 ] .[ ň\ x::[ ] " É \ j\ 5[ ]ů n ] ů 9ů ri ""[ 1 2 3 A part of this text seems to have been corrected and overwritten' The remaí ns of some erased letters are ví sible' The remains between the two words on line 2, slightly under the levelof the line, look like ahalf-erasedmem.Traces of some letter are visí ble as wellin the upper-rightpartof the memin] ů n on I ine 2. rhe left part of line 3 seems to contain the word tr'ux 'I wí ll pay' whí ch appears in the Wadi edDaliyeh manuscripts í n the contraventí on clause, í n the formula compelling the seller to pay apenally to the buyer in case of ví olation of the contract by the seller who acted í n badfaith (ouš ek 2007, B5-B8; Duš ek 201'1',864_65). 3. Frg.14 I rl M54672/ 7 4. Frg.15 lo I liill 't. 2 Thí s fragment, turned 90'to the left, seems to contain three letters ] jj} [ online 2. 5. Frg.16 ] É \ it The leg onthe foagment canbelong toww,t ortope. 6. Erg. L7 ] These letters could belong to -T:y'slave'or ]f i\ Ť it 'son', both well attested í n the Wadí ed_Dalí yeh manu- scripts. D. Fourth Group: Fragments 18-21 The papyrus of the four fragments, numbers 18-2L, í s similar. The scrí pt í s not well preserved. 1. Frg.18 t' ) ltt't Turned 90" to the left, í t mí glnt be perhaps a š í n. 2. !t Í rg.t9 ] É \ iI Trrrned 90' to the left, í t might be a leg oÍ pe or wavv. 3. Í rg.2o '';1';-r] É rn[ ' -!rF Gleaní ngs from the Caves 318 I t is possí ble to reconstruct the proper name Yehopada(y)ní . This name is spelled r:''Tllnr in WDSP 3, WDSP 11, WDSP 27 andJl1l1ir' í n WDSP 5, WDSP 9, and WDSP 17' I t is possible that the fragment belonged to one of the contracts fromthe archí ve ofvehopada(y)ní (ouš ek 2oo7,474_75), 4. Frg.2I l9 ljz ] n\ ňj lo4 1 3 This fragment probably belonged to the rigktmargí n of the manuscript. I t contains the begí nnings of four lines. The letter on the first line can be interpreted as the rí ght part of alamed. The mark of ink on the second line perhaps belonged to the number 10. The reading of the second letter on the third line í s uncertaí n. I f it is | .tet, the line may have begun wí th a proper noun like ''Jn, l.!'n, rJn, pn, or nTJn with a conjunctí on t. These names are attested í n other manuscripts í n the corpus (ouš ek 2oo7, 676). E. Fifth Group: Fragments 22-26 Although frgs 22_26 are grouped together on the plate, thesejoints do not seem to be correct. For thí s reason we analyze eachfragment separately. L. Frg.22 DI lx$[ o: 1 z on line 2 í t is possible to reconstruct the name of Netí ra'. This is the name attested in WDSP 5, WDSP 8, WDSP 9, WDSP 77 and in WDSP 33,frg,75r. These manuscripts constitute an'archive of Netira', son of Yehopada(y)ni' (ouš ek 2Oo7 , 47 6_77), 2. Í rg.23 n[ lolz loo\ ] 3. Í rg.24 tzl l.[ l" ]. 2 M54612/ 7 4. Erg.25 ] oooooI ýacat I "[ ] "[ 5. Frg.26 l"I F. Sixth Group: Fragments 27-29cFragments 28 arň 29 are stuck together on the reverse with a strip of adhesive tape. This placement appears to be correct. The text on the three fragments 27-29 í s erased and í llegible.