Papyrus Amherst 63
Papyrus Amherst 63 (CoS 1.99) is an ancient Egyptian papyrus from the third century BC containing Aramaic texts in demotic script. The 35 texts date to the eighth and seventh centuries BC. One of these, a version of Psalm 20, provides an "unprecedented" extrabiblical parallel to a text from the Hebrew Bible. It syncretizes abundantly, including the names Yaho and Bethel, and mentions a khnh, a word meaning priestess of Yaho.
| Papyrus Amherst 63 | |
|---|---|
Fragment 4 of Papyrus Amherst 63 in the Pierpont Morgan Library | |
| Created | c. 250 BC |
| Discovered | 1896 Luxor, Luxor Governorate, Egypt |
| Present location | New York and Michigan, United States |
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