The Jewish garrison of Elephantine · a new plain-English translation from the Aramaic
No. 1| (Fragment 1)
1.1| […] and its interest […]
1.2| […] this silver […]
1.3| […]{t}w{r} vessel {z}[…]
No. 2| (Fragment 2)
2.1| […] Gaddul so[n of
2.2| […] Jedaniah son of […]
No. 3| (Fragment 3)
3.1| Said {Mattan} son of Yash[…]
3.2| to Zakkum, the detachment […]
3.3| was to possess … […]
No. 4| (Fragment 4)
4.1| […] the welfare of my brother at all
4.2| […] welfare. Now
4.3| to the sister {h}
4.4| […] you (f.), who {t}
No. 5| (Fragment 5)
5.1| […] 9 (partly restored) of the month Ḥ[…]
5.2| […] daughter of Ashin, Aramaean[s
No. 6| (Fragment 6)
6.1| […] the king […]
6.2| […]{k}ʾ in Ele[phantine
No. 7| (Fragment 7)
7.1| […]kt … {b}ʾtw[…]
7.2| … sil[ver, k]arsh five […]
7.3| {son of} Tahnu{m}, [thi]{s} document
7 demotic| (a line in Demotic)
7.5| […] Zabdi so[n of … ]el
7.6| […] house […]
No. 8| (Fragment 8)
8.1| […]{they} will question {me}[…]
8.2| […] this document […]
No. 9| (Fragment 9)
9.1| […]ml[…]
9.2| […]h{n}[…]
9.3| […they g]av{e}[…]
No. 10| (Fragment 10)
10.1| […]d […]
10.2| […] karsh 10 […]
No. 11| (Fragment 11)
11 demotic?| (Demotic?)
11.2| […] witness Pet{p}[…]
11.3| […A]chaemenes … […]
No. 12| (Fragment 12)
12.1| [thi]{s}[…]
12.2| […]{wr}itte[n
No. 13| (Fragment 13)
13.1| […] expel her […]
13.2| […] month {T}[…]
No. 14| (Fragment 14)
14.1| […] {my} son[…]
14.2| […]{ṣ}p{n}[…]
14.3| [… si]lver, th[is
14.4| […]{ny} not[…]
14.5| […] … p{rʾ}[…]
No. 15| (Fragment 15)
15.1| Nusku-baʿad[ri
No. 16| (Fragment 16)
16.1| […] 3 […]
16.2| […] ? m{r}[…]
16.3| […] ? ? pk[…]
No. 17| (Fragment 17)
17.1| […]{a}gainst him[…]
No. 18| (Fragment 18)
18.1| [… do]cument[…]
18.2| […] Hodaviah so[n of
Nos. 7 + 11 combined (Cowley's commentary, n206)| (Fragments 7 + 11 combined, as read in Cowley's commentary)
c1| […]kt … {b}ʾtw[…]
c2| […]si[lver, k]arsh five […]
c3| [… wrote], {son of} Tahnu{m}, [thi]{s} document [at the dictation of …, and the witnesses herein:
c4 demotic| (a line in Demotic)
c5| […] witness Pet{p}[ … son of …; witness] Zabdi so[n of …]el
c6| [A]chaemenes [ … ] house [ …
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