The Hermopolis Aramaic papyri, are a group of eight

Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...

papyri Papyrus ( ) is a material similar to thick paper that was used in ancient times as a writing surface. It was made from the pith of the papyrus plant, ''Cyperus papyrus'', a wetland sedge. ''Papyrus'' (plural: ''papyri'') can also refer to a d ...

thought to be from the late sixth or early fifth century BCE, found in 1945 at

Hermopolis Hermopolis ( grc, Ἑρμούπολις ''Hermoúpolis'' "the City of Hermes", also ''Hermopolis Magna'', ''Hermoû pólis megálẽ'', egy, ḫmnw , Egyptological pronunciation: "Khemenu"; cop, Ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ''Shmun''; ar, الأشموني ...

. They were first published in 1966 by Edda Bresciani and Cairo University's Murad Kamil. They were discovered in February 1945 in the Ibis temple during Sami Gabra's excavations. The letters are thought to have been sent from Memphis to relatives or friends in Syene or Luxor. They have been widely compared to the Elephantine papyri.E. Hammershaimb
Some Remarks on the Aramaic Letters from Hermopolis
Vetus Testamentum , Apr., 1968, Vol. 18, Fasc. 2 (Apr., 1968), pp. 265-267 They are currently in the Cairo University Archaeological Museum, and are known as TAD A2.1-2.7: * Hermopolis 1 (Cairo Univ., Arch. Mus. P. 1687) * Hermopolis 2 (Cairo Univ., Arch. Mus. P. 1688) * Hermopolis 3 (Cairo Univ., Arch. Mus. P. 1689) * Hermopolis 4 (Cairo Univ., Arch. Mus. P. 1690), also known as TSSI II 27 * Hermopolis 5 (Cairo Univ., Arch. Mus. P. 1691) * Hermopolis 6 (Cairo Univ., Arch. Mus. P. 1692) * Hermopolis 7 (Cairo Univ., Arch. Mus. P. 1693) * Hermopolis 8 (Cairo Univ., Arch. Mus. P. 1694)

Bibliography

* Edda Bresciani; Murād Kāmil, 1966, Le lettere aramaiche di Hermopoli, Memorie (Accademia nazionale dei Lincei. Classe di scienze morali, storiche e filologiche)., ser. 8 ;, v. 12, fasc. 5. * Moriya, Akio, Hermopolis letters p. 156-162 * Hammershaimb, E. “Some Remarks on the Aramaic Letters from Hermopolis.” Vetus Testamentum 18, no. 2 (1968): 265–67. https://doi.org/10.2307/1516922.

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