Scribal Correction Dots on an Unpublished Elephantine Aramaic Papyrus Fragment

In a box of unpublished Aramaic papyri from the 1906–1907 German excavations of Elephantine there is a small fragment (p. 23141) that uses scribal marks in a margin or vacat to identify a textual edit. This is the first example of Aramaic editorial marks of this type from the Persian period, and dem...

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Main Author: Moore, James D. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Aramaic studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 1-9
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Elephantine / Scribe / Correction / Aramaic language / Papyrology / Spring
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HD Early Judaism
TB Antiquity
Further subjects:B Scribal Culture Elephantine papyri Glossenkeil punctuation
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Summary:In a box of unpublished Aramaic papyri from the 1906–1907 German excavations of Elephantine there is a small fragment (p. 23141) that uses scribal marks in a margin or vacat to identify a textual edit. This is the first example of Aramaic editorial marks of this type from the Persian period, and demonstrates a previously unidentified scribal practice.
ISSN:1745-5227
Contains:In: Aramaic studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/17455227-01601006