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Nakhthor

TM Arch id: 405

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bilingual: Aramaic with some Demotic notations

official archive

Found in: Egypt

BC05

Also called archive of Nechtyris; Arsames; Arsham

Protagonist: Nakhthor

Description: Official archive consisting of fourteen letters and several fragments. Eleven letters are written on behalf of Arsames, the satrap of Egypt. Five letters are addressed to Artavant, mentioning Psamtek; seven letters are addressed to Nakhthor, one of them also mentions Psamtek.

Publication: Porten, Textbook of Aramaic documents 1 A 6. 3-16

Studies: Whitehead, Early Aramaic epistolography. The Arsames correspondence, 1974

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29 texts (of which 27 certain, 2 related)

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TM number	Publication	Status	Material	Language	Date

TM 90983	Textbook of Aramaic documents 4 D 6.14	certain	parchment (leather)	Aramaic	BC 499 - 400
TM 89423	Textbook of Aramaic documents 1 A 6.1	related	papyrus	Aramaic	BC 427 Nov 6 (Artaxerxes 1, year 38, Macheshvan 19)
TM 89435	Textbook of Aramaic documents 1 A 6.10	certain	parchment (leather)	Aramaic	BC 425 - 400
TM 48771	Textbook of Aramaic documents 1 A 6.11 + Textbook of Aramaic documents 4 p. 150 Add. A 6.11	certain	parchment (leather)	Aramaic / Demotic	BC 425 - 400
TM 48772	Textbook of Aramaic documents 1 A 6.12	certain	parchment (leather)	Aramaic / Demotic	BC 425 - 400