The ‘Jerusalem’ Papyrus: A Seventh-Century BCE Shipping Certificate

Updated by: 
Shlomo Brand
Research notes: 
SB/not checked/28/02/2024
Reference type: 
Journal Article
Author(s): 
AḤituv, Shmuel
Klein, Eitan
Ganor, Amir
year: 
2017
Full title: 

The ‘Jerusalem’ Papyrus: A Seventh-Century BCE Shipping Certificate

Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
Israel Exploration Journal
Volume: 
67
Issue / Series Volume: 
2
Pages: 
168-182
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

This paper deals with a newly discovered Hebrew papyrus of the seventh century BCE from the Judaean Desert. Based on the content, this is a brief shipping certificate. The document reads: . [/מת. המלך. מנערתה. נבלים. יי/ן ירשלמה. , ‘[year X from Y daughter of Z hand/maiden of the king. From Naʿarah two jars of wine to Jerusalem’.

Hebrew bible: 
Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents: 
Primary Texts: Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha: 
URL: 
https://www.jstor.org/stable/26740627
Label: 
11/03/2024
Record number: 
112 650