When were the Elephantine papyri discovered?
Elephantine became known to the modern world at the beginning of the 20th century with the discovery of the Aramaic documents known as the Elephantine Papyri, which were first published by A.E. Cowley in 1923. Where was ancient Elephantine? Elephantine, Arabic Jazīrat Aswān, island in the Nile opposite Aswān city in Aswān muḥāfaẓah (governorate), Upper…