Thursday, September 21, 2023

Review of Moore, New Aramaic papyri from Elephantine in Berlin

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: New Aramaic papyri from Elephantine in Berlin.
James D. Moore, New Aramaic papyri from Elephantine in Berlin. Studies on Elephantine, 1. Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2022. Pp. xiii, 261. ISBN 9789004505575

Review by
Amit Gvaryahu, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. amit.gvaryahu@mail.huji.ac.il

... The present volume is a contribution to the study of these documents: a trove of very small fragments, not published by the editors of the previously published collections, and overlooked for nearly 80 years, found in the Berlin Museum. ...

I noted the publication of this open-access volume here. For more on the Aramaic Elephantine papyri, follow the links from there, plus see here, here, here, here, and links.

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