APD - "The Arabic Papyrology Database"

A1. “This is a document from X”
- “A writing of exemption from Y by X”
  - barāʾaẗ li-Y
  - barāʾaẗ min X
- “From X to Y - do this”
  - ʾammā baʿd fa-sarriḥ
  - ʾammā baʿd fa-ŭḥḍur
  - fa-ʾaʿṭi
  - fa-ĭḥmil
  - fa-ĭqbiḍ
- “From X to Y greetings”
  - min ... ʾilà ... ʾammā baʿd fa-... (no eulogy)
  - min ... ʾilà ... ʾammā baʿd (with eulogy)
- “From X to Y greetings - after the praise of God”
  - min ... ʾilà ... + Baʿdīya (ʿAlāma as part of the eschatocol)
  - min ... ʾilà ... + Baʿdīya (ʿAlāma as part of the protocol)
- “From X to Y - I inform you”
  - (ʾilà) ḥaḍraẗ
  - ʾilà ʿinda ... ʾuʿarrifu-ka (1.Sg.)
  - li-/ʾilà X
  - min ... ʾilà ... (without ʾammā baʿd)
  - min ʿinda ... ʾilà ʿinda
- “Greetings to Y”
  - ăs-salām ăl-karīm
  - ʾilà ... yusallimu ʿalay-ka
  - salām ăl-lāh (sender as Tarǧama)
  - salām ăl-lāh (sender in main text)
  - salām min ăl-lāh
- “Memory of a legal claim”
  - ăllaḏī ʾabdaʿa
  - ăllaḏī waqqafa
  - ʾašraṭa
  - ḏikr ḥaqq
  - fī ḏimmaẗ
  - li-X
  - ṣaḥḥa li-X
  - waǧaba li-X
- “This belongs to what X has ordered”
  - ʿammā ʾamara bi-hi
  - hāḏā mimmā ʾamara bi-hi
  - mimmā ʾamara (bi-hi)
- “This is a document from X to Y that I did to you”
  - hāḏā kitāb kataba-hu
  - ʾinna-hu ʾaṣāba-kum
  - ʾinna-ka ʾaddayta ʾilay-ya
  - ʾin-nī ʾaḏintu la-hu
  - ʾin-nī ḥāsabtu-ka
  - ʾin-nī ḫāṣamtu-ka
  - ʾin-nī masaḥtu ʿalay-ka
  - ʾin-nī qabaḍtu min-ka
- “This is a document of an act”
  - ʿaqd zawāǧ
  - hāḏā ʿaqd ṣadāq
  - hāḏā kitāb ʿahd
  - hāḏā kitāb ʿaqd
  - hāḏā kitāb fī-hi ḏikr mā ĭštarà
  - hāḏā kitāb ĭttifāq
  - hāḏā kitāb li-/min X
  - hāḏā kitāb mā ʾaʿtaqa
  - hāḏā kitāb nikāḥ
  - hāḏā kitāb ṣadāq
  - hāḏā kitāb wakālaẗ
  - hāḏā kitāb waqf
  - hāḏā maktūb ʾišhād
  - hāḏā maktūb ĭstibdāl
  - hāḏā maktūb tabāyuʿ
  - hāḏā maktūb waqf
  - hāḏā mustanad
  - hāḏihi ḥuǧǧaẗ
  - hāḏihi šahādaẗ malāk
  - ʾinna-ka saʾalta-nī ʾan ʾukriya-ka
  - kitāb ʾamān
  - kitāb ʿaṭiyyaẗ
  - kitāb ǧamāʿaẗ mā ĭrtafaʿa
  - kitāb ḥubs wa-waqf
  - kitāb ʾīǧāb
  - kitāb maʿāwiḍ
  - kitāb tabāyuʿ
  - kitāb tafwīḍ
  - muʿarrafaẗ
- “This is an open decree”
  - hāḏā ẓahīr karīm (ʿAlāma as part of the eschatocol)
  - hāḏā ẓahīr karīm (ʿAlāma as part of the protocol)
- Varia
  - ḏikr ḥāl yanǧamiʿ
  - hāḏā mā ʾaʿṭà
  - Unknown subtype A1
- “X gives a fatwà”
  - mā yaqūlu
  - tafaḍḍalū bi-ăl-ǧawāb
A2. “X has settled”
- “Property has been transferred”
  - ĭntaqala milk
- Varia
  - ʾadḫala
  - ǧaʿala
  - ĭltazama
  - lammā kāna qad ĭltazama
  - Unknown subtype A2
- “X and Y have agreed on a divorce”
  - hāḏā mā ĭṣṭalaḥa
  - ĭḫtalaʿa
  - saʾala
  - ṭallaqa
- “X and Y have exchanged”
  - ʾanzala ... ʿiwaḍ wa-badal
  - ʿāwaḍa
  - taʿāwaḍa
  - taḏkiraẗ A
- “X and Y have married”
  - ĭnʿaqada ăn-nikāḥ
  - tazawwaǧa
- “X has agreed”
  - ḥaḍara
  - ĭttafaqa
  - taḥāsaba
  - taṣādaqa
  - waqaʿa ăl-ĭttifāq
  - waqaʿa ăl-ĭttifāq wa-ăl-ĭrtibāṭ
  - waqaʿa ăt-taqāsum wa-ăt-tafāṣul wa-ăt-taʿdīl
- “X has assigned”
  - ʿaruḍa
  - ṣayyara
  - taqāyala
- “X has assigned a payment”
  - faraḍa
- “X has bequeathed”
  - ʿahida ... wa-ʾawṣà
  - ʾasnada waṣiyaẗ
  - ʾawḍaʿa
  - ʾawṣà
  - hāḏā mā ʾawṣà
  - tuwuffiya
- “X has bought / Y has sold”
  - bāʿa
  - hāḏā mā ĭštarà A
  - hāḏā mā ĭštarà B
  - ĭbtāʿa
  - ĭštarà
- “X has donated”
  - ʾanzala
  - ʾaʿṭà wa-mallaka
  - hāḏā mā ʾawqafa
  - hāḏā mā taṣaddaqa
  - hāḏā mā waqqafa
  - mallaka
  - mallaka wa-ʾaʿṭà
  - sabbala ... wa-taṣaddaqa
  - taṣaddaqa
  - wahaba
  - waqqafa
- “X has fixed a dower”
  - ʾaṣdaqa
  - hāḏā mā ʾaṣdaqa
  - kayfa ĭnʿaqada
- “X has guaranteed”
  - ḍamina
  - ḥaḍara wa-ḍamina
- “X has made a contract”
  - ʿāqada
- “X has mandated”
  - fawwaḍa
  - qaddama
  - wakkala
- “X has manumitted”
  - ʾaʿtaqa
  - hāḏā mā kātaba
  - ḥarrara wa-ʾaʿtaqa
  - qāṭaʿa
- “X has paid”
  - ʾaddà ... ʿan/min (mā)
  - dafaʿa
  - hāḏā mā dafaʿa
  - ḥamala
- “X has pawned”
  - ʾarhana
  - hāḏā mā ĭrtahana
  - rahana
- “X has presented a claim”
  - ḥaḍara ʾilà maǧlis ăl-ḥukm
  - ḥaḍara ... wa-tanāẓara
  - ṭalaba/ĭnṭalaba
  - tanāzaʿa
- “X has received”
  - hāḏā mā ʾaḫaḏa
  - hāḏā mā qaḍà
  - qabaḍa
  - taḫallaṣa
  - tasallama
  - waṣala
- “X has rented”
  - ʾakrà
  - hāḏā mā ʾakrà
  - hāḏā mā ĭktarà
  - hāḏā mā ĭstaʾǧara
  - ĭktarà
  - qad
A3. “X has confirmed”
- “It has been certified”
  - ṯabata
- “It has been presented as proof”
  - ʾaḥḍara
- “It has been ratified”
  - yumḍà ʿalà
  - yusawwiġu
- Varia
  - hāḏihi ăd-dār
  - Unknown subtype A3
- “X has acknowledged”
  - ʾaqarra ... ʾanna ʿalay-hi ... fī ḏimmati-hi
  - ʾaqarra ... ʾanna-hu qabaḍa
  - ʾaqarra ... + Verb
  - ĭʿtarafa
  - quriʾa ... fa-qāla
  - yaqūlu
- “X has attended”
  - bi-ḥaḍraẗ man yaʾtī
  - ḥaḍara ʾilà maǧlis
  - ḥaḍara ʾilà šuhūdi-hi
  - ḥaḍara man yaḍaʿu
  - ḥaḍara wa-ʾašhada ʿalà
  - lamma kāna ... ḥaḍara ʾilà maǧlis
  - šuhadāʾ ʾāḫir hāḏā ăl-kitāb ḥaḍarū
  - tawaǧǧaha man yaḍaʿu
- “X has called as a witness”
  - ʾašhada
  - ʾašhada ... ʾanna-hu ʾaʿṭà/wahaba
  - ʾašhada ... ʾanna-hu ĭntaṣafa
  - ʾašhada ... ʾanna-hu mallaka
  - ʾašhada ... ʾanna-hu qabaḍa
  - hāḏā mā ʾašhada
  - mimmā ʾašhada-hu man waǧaba
  - mimman ʾašhada-hu
- “X has inquired”
  - ḍubiṭa
  - ḥaṣala ăl-ʾiḏn ... fī ăl-wuqūf ʿalà X
  - ḥaṣala ăl-wuqūf ʿalà X
- "X has nominated"
  - ĭstaqarra
- “X has obliged himself”
  - ʾaʿrafa ... ʾanna-hu ĭrtabaṭa
  - ǧaʿala ʿalà nafsi-hi
  - ĭrtabaṭa
  - ĭštaraṭa ʿalà nafsi-hi
- “X has sworn an oath”
  - ḥalafa
  - ŭstuḥlifa
- “X has testified”
  - ăllaḏī yašhadu bi-hi
  - hāḏā mā šahida
  - mimman yaʿlamu
  - šahida
  - šahida ăš-šuhūd
  - šahida man ʾaṯbata
  - šuhūdu-hu
  - waqafa man yaḍaʿu
  - waqafa šuhūdu-hu
  - yaḥūzu šuhūdu-hu
  - yaʿrifu šuhūdu-hu
  - yašhadu
  - yašhadu ... ʾanna waqaʿa ăl-ĭttifāq
A4. “At the date of”
- “After N had happened”
  - baʿda ʾan taṣādaqa
- Varia
  - Unknown subtype A4
- “When N happened”
  - lammā ʾaḥḍara
  - lammā ʿalima
  - lammā ʾaʿṭà
  - lammā hamma
  - lammā ĭnṣarama ăl-ʾaǧl
  - lammā ĭstaẓhara
  - lammā ĭttafaqa
  - lammā kamala ăl-ĭbtiyāʿ
  - lammā kāna bi-taʾrīḫ
  - lammā maraḍa
  - lammā nafaḏa
  - lammā raġiba
  - lammā ṣadara
  - lammā ṯabata ladà X
  - lammā takarrara ăl-kalām wa-taraddada ăl-ʾaqāwīl
  - lammā ṭalaba/ĭnṭalaba
  - lammā taṣaddaqa
  - lammā tuwuffiya
  - lammā waqaʿa ăl-ḫiṣām
  - lammā waqaʿa fī ăl-ʾasr
  - lammā waqqafa
  - lammā warada ... yataḍammanu
  - lammā waṣala
  - lammā waṣala ... ʾaṣdara ăl-ʾamr ăl-ʿālī
A5. “Pay to X!”
- “Do it” (Imperative)
  - ʾaṭliq
  - ĭbʿaṯ
  - ĭdfaʿ
  - ĭḥmal
  - sir
  - tafaḍḍal
  - tuḥaḍḍir
  - ŭktub
  - ŭnẓur
- “Let him do it” (Iussive)
  - ăl-musayyar
  - li-yaḥḍur
  - li-yatasallam
  - li-yusallam
  - tanẓur
  - yadfaʿu
  - yatasallamu
- Varia
  - Unknown subtype A5
A6. “I am writing to you in full health”
- 1.Sg. documents
  - ăd-dāllaẗ taḥmilu-nī
  - ʾanā ʾasʾalu
  - ʾasʾalu ăl-lāh
  - ʾastawdiʿu ăl-lāh la-ka
  - ʾawḥaša-nī ĭnqiṭāʿ kitāb
  - fahimtu-hu
  - ĭḥtaǧtu/ĭḥtaǧnā
  - ĭnfaṣaltu min ʿinda-ka
  - ʾinna ʾawwal qawl-ī la-ka
  - ĭstaḫartu ăl-lāh
  - kitāb-ī ʾilay-ka / katabtu ʾilay-ka
  - kuntu wāfaqtu-ka
  - law waṣaftu mā
  - mā ʾabṭaʾtu kutub-ī ʿan-ka
  - maḍaytu ʾilà
  - mā taraktu
  - naẓartu
  - qad ʿalimtu ʿalà
  - qad ʾanfaḏtu
  - qad qabaḍtu
  - qaraʾtu ruqʿata-ka
  - ruqʿat-ī
  - ʾuʿarrifu-ka
  - ʾuḫbiru-ka
  - ʾuḥibbu ʾan
  - ʾuʿlimu
  - wa-man kuntu ʾaštāqu-hu
  - waqaftu ʿalà ruqʿata-ka
- Eulogy documents
  - ʾaʿazza-ka ăl-lāh
  - ʾabqā-ka ăl-lāh
  - ʾadāma al-lāhu
  - ʿāfā-nā ăl-lāh
  - ʾaḥsana ăl-lāh
  - ʾakrama-ka ăl-lāh
  - ʾamtaʿa-nī ăl-lāh
  - ʾanʿama ăl-lāh
  - ʾaṣlaḥa ăl-lāh
  - ʾaṭāla ăl-lāh
  - dafaʿa ăl-lāh
  - ǧaʿala-nī ăl-lāh
  - ǧuʿiltu
  - ḥafiẓa-ka ăl-lāh
  - madda ăl-lāh
  - massā-ka ăl-lāh
  - ṣabbaḥa-ka ăl-lāh
  - waffaqa ăl-lāh
- Focus on addressee (2./3.Sg.)
  - ʾanta taʿlamu
  - ʾin raʾayta
  - kāna ... ʾanfaḏa
  - qad ʿalimta
  - qad ʿallamta
  - qad taʾaḫḫarta
  - tataqaddamu
  - tawaǧǧaha
- Focus on letter
  - warada kitāb
  - warada miṯāl karīm
  - waṣala kitāb
  - yaṣilu kitāb-ī
- Varia
  - ăs-sāʿaẗ
  - Unknown subtype A6
  - wa-ăl-lāh yā
  - yaḫuṣṣu bi
A7. “X orders Y/Y serves X”
- “From the slave X to his master Y”
  - ʾilà ʿinda ... yuʿlimu (3.Sg.)
  - li-X/title
- “It has been ordered”
  - ăl-marsūm ăl-ʿālī
  - ăl-marsūm ăl-karīm
  - ʾammā baʿd
  - ʿan ăl-ʾamr ăl-ʿālī
  - ʾaṣdarnā kafālaẗ
  - ḫaraǧa ăt-tawqīʿ
  - lammā kāna bi-taʾrīḫ ... ḫaraǧa ăl-ʾamr ăl-ʿālī
  - li-yaʿlam kull man yaqifu ʿalà hāḏā ăl-kitāb
  - li-yaʿlam kull wāqif (muṭlaq)
  - miṯāl muṭlaq
  - miṯāl-nā hāḏā
  - rusima bi-ăl-ʾamr ăl-ʿālī
  - rusima bi-ăl-ʾamr ăš-šarīf
- “The communication has been released”
  - ṣadarat hāḏihi ăl-mukātabaẗ (expanded protocol)
  - ṣadarat hāḏihi ăl-mukātabaẗ (simple form)
- “The slave kisses”
  - ăl-mamlūk + Taqbīl
  - ḫallada ăl-lāh ... + Taqbīl
  - mamlūk ... + Taqbīl
  - ṣalawāt ăl-lāh ... + Taqbīl
  - Tarǧama + Taqbīl A (official)
  - Tarǧama + Taqbīl B (private/business)
- “The slave of“
  - ʿabd ḥaḍraẗ/mawlā-ya
  - ʿabdu-hā + taqbīl
- “The slave reports”
  - mamlūk/ʿabd yunhī
  - Tarǧama + yunhī
- Varia
  - ṣalawāt ăl-lāh (without Taqbīl)
  - Unknown subtype A7
  - yā sayyid-nā
- Various 3.Sg. Formularies
  - ḏakara
  - laysa qalīl
  - mā zāla X yaḏkuru
  - qad ʾaǧāba
  - qad ḥaḍara
  - waṣala-nī
  - yaʿlamu
  - yaštahī
  - yaštakī
  - yastawḥišu
  - yatafaḍḍalu
  - yuḥibbu
  - yuqirru
- “X serves Y”
  - yaḫdimu
B1. Table (well-preserved)
- “Amount of that which has been”
  - mablaġ mā ḥumila
  - mablaġ mā ĭrtafaʿa
  - mablaġ mā ĭstaḥaqqa
  - mablaġ mā qabaḍa
  - mablaġ mā ṣaḥḥa
  - mablaġ mā ṣarrafa
  - mablaġ mā ṯabata
  - mablaġ mā waǧaba
  - mablaġ mā zaraʿa
- List of ... (x=1)
  - ʾasmāʾ
  - ḥawāʾiǧ
  - mabāliġ
  - mudun
- List of ... (x=1) with an assigned value (y=1)
  - ʾaqdār + mabāliġ
  - ʾasmāʾ + ʾaʿdād
  - ʾasmāʾ + ʾaqdār
  - ʾasmāʾ + ḥawāʾiǧ
  - ḥawāʾiǧ + ʾaʿdād
  - ḥawāʾiǧ + ʾaqdār
- List of ... (x=1) with more assigned values (y+z>1)
  - ʾasmāʾ + ʾaqdār + mabāliġ
  - ʾasmāʾ + ḥawāʾiǧ + ʾaqdār
  - ʾasmāʾ + ḥawāʾiǧ + mabāliġ
  - ḥawāʾiǧ + ʾaqdār + mabāliġ
- “Memorandum of what has”
  - taḏkiraẗ ḥisāb
  - taḏkiraẗ mā ʾaddà
  - taḏkiraẗ mā ʾaǧliba
  - taḏkiraẗ mā ḫaraǧa
  - taḏkiraẗ mā li-X
  - taḏkiraẗ mā ṣurifa
  - taḏkiraẗ mā waṣala
- Official list
  - ʾasmāʾ ʿadad
  - ʾasmāʾ (“dīwānī”)
  - ǧarīdaẗ
- Official report
  - ʿamal
  - hāḏā taqdīr
  - maḫzūmaẗ
  - muḥāsabaẗ B
  - qāʾimaẗ
  - tafsīr ăl-ʾasbāb
  - tasmiyaẗ ăṯ-ṯiyāb
  - waraqaẗ
- Official statement
  - ʿamal rafaʿa-hu
  - maḫzūmaẗ rafaʿa-hu
  - muḥāsabaẗ A
  - tafsīr
- Register of
  - dār X
  - ḫulliya
  - mablaġ kirà
  - masʾalaẗ
- “The total of”
  - ăl-ǧumlaẗ
  - ǧamīʿ mā ĭnḫaraǧa
  - ǧamīʿ mā ʾudḫila
  - ǧumlaẗ mā ĭrtafaʿa
  - ǧumlaẗ mā ṣarrafa
  - ǧumlaẗ min
- Varia
  - ăḏ-ḏikr ... min ʾarḍ
  - ʿalaftu ... (min) yawm
  - ăl-ʾaṣl
  - ăl-ĭstiḫrāǧ
  - ăl-muʿabbà
  - ḥisāb
  - ʿimāraẗ
  - ʿinda
  - mablaġ
  - nafaqaẗ
  - sallama
  - šarḥ
  - ṯabat
  - tafsīr mā ʾaḫraǧa
  - taqassama la-hā
  - Unknown subtype B1
  - yuṣāru ʿalà/li-X
- “What has”
  - ăllaḏī ʾaḫaḏa
  - ăllaḏī ʾaḫraǧa
  - ăllaḏī ʿalà
  - ăllaḏī ʾanfaqa
  - ăllaḏī ʾaṣāba
  - ăllaḏī ʾaṭʿama
  - ăllaḏī daḫala
  - ăllaḏī daḫala bi-yaday
  - ăllaḏī dufiʿa
  - ăllaḏī ḫaraǧa
  - ăllaḏī ḥubiya
  - ăllaḏī ḥumila
  - ăllaḏī ḥusiba
  - ăllaḏī ʿinda
  - ăllaḏī ĭrtafaʿa
  - ăllaḏī la-hu
  - ăllaḏī lazima
  - ăllaḏī li-X
  - ăllaḏī maʿa
  - ăllaḏī min
  - ăllaḏī nafaqa-hu
  - ăllaḏī qabaḍa
  - ăllaḏī ṣāra
  - ăllaḏī ṣarrafa
  - ăllaḏī waṣala
  - ăllaḏī zaraʿa
- “What was”
  - mā ʾawqafa
  - mā waṣala
B2. Table (fragmentary)
- Related entries: date
  - šahr + Entry
  - yawm + Entry
- Related entries: rent
  - Property + Entry
- Related entries: village
  - qaryaẗ + Entry
- Varia
  - ăd-dafʿaẗ
  - ʾaḥṣaytu
  - ʿalà X
  - ʿalà yad ʿan (nafsi-hi)
  - ăllaḏī ʾankara-hu/saqaṭa
  - ʿammā min
  - ʿan
  - baʿṯaẗ min X
  - bi-baʿṯ
  - fa-ǧamīʿ
  - fī
  - ǧarīdaẗ baqiya
  - ḥazr
  - ʾilà/fī
  - ʾilà X
  - la-hu
  - min
  - misāḥaẗ
  - naqd
  - safātiǧ
  - safīnaẗ
  - ṯaman
  - taʾrīǧ
  - Unknown subtype B2
  - wuṣūl
- "What has been done"
  - mā buḏira
  - mā ĭbtāʿa-hu
  - mā ĭstaḫraǧa
  - mā ŭstūfiya
- “X has done (on behalf of)”
  - ʾaddà ʿan (nafsi-hi)
  - baḏara
  - dafaʿa ʾilà Y/ʿan (nafsi-hi)
  - ḫaraǧa
  - qabaḍa
  - zaraʿa
B3. Table (shredded)
- Varia
  - Unknown subtype B3
Z. Others
- Atypical documents
  - ʾinnamā ăl-ʿaǧab
  - ʾinna sullima
  - ʾišāraẗ X
  - taḏkiraẗ B
  - wuǧida
  - yuwāṣilu bi-ăl-ʾadʿiyaẗ ... ʾammā baʿd
- Varia
  - Unknown subtype Z

Subtypes and Subtype Group Descriptions (long version)