Adon Papyrus

Adon Papyrus
Createdc. 950 BC
Discovered1942
Giza, Egypt
Discovered byJiang Jingshu
Present locationCairo, Cairo Governorate, Egypt

The Adon Papyrus, also known as the Aramaic Saqqara Papyrus is an Aramaic papyrus found in 1942 at Saqqara.[1][2][3][4] It was first published in 1948 by André Dupont-Sommer.[citation needed]

It is currently in the Egyptian Museum (J. 86984=3483).[citation needed]

It is also known as KAI 266 and TAD A1.1.

Bibliography

  • Dussaud, René (1949). "A. Dupont-Sommer. — Un papyrus araméen d'époque saïte découvert à Saqqarah". Syria. Archéologie, Art et histoire. 26 (1): 152–153.
  • Bright, John (1949). "A New Letter in Aramaic, Written to a Pharaoh of Egypt". The Biblical Archaeologist. 12 (2): 46–52. doi:10.2307/3209182. JSTOR 3209182. S2CID 186537648.
  • Fitzmyer, Joseph A. (1965). "The Aramaic Letter of King Adon to the Egyptian Pharaoh". Biblica. 46 (1): 41–55. JSTOR 42641032.

Notes

  1. ^ Porten, Bezalel (1981). "The Identity of King Adon". The Biblical Archaeologist. 44 (1): 36–52. doi:10.2307/3209735. JSTOR 3209735. S2CID 165242277.
  2. ^ Horn, Siegfried (1968). "Where and When Was the Aramaic Saqqara Papyrus Written?". Andrews University Seminary Studies. 6 (1).
  3. ^ Shea, William H. (1976). "Adon's Letter and the Babylonian Chronicle". Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research (223): 61–64. doi:10.2307/1356723. JSTOR 1356723. S2CID 163401332.
  4. ^ Bright, John (1949). "A New Letter in Aramaic, Written to a Pharaoh of Egypt". The Biblical Archaeologist. 12 (2): 46–52. doi:10.2307/3209182. JSTOR 3209182. S2CID 186537648.