The Jewish garrison of Elephantine · a new plain-English translation from the Aramaic
No. 1| (Fragment 1)
1.1| [These are the na]mes of the men […]
1.2| […]{t} son of Petenter, his na[me
1.3| […] the men whose na[mes are written above
1.4| […] men from among us, Yah[…]
1.5| [befo]re Cambyses l … […]
No. 2| (Fragment 2)
2.1| […]mt[…]
2.2| […]ʾ son of Ḥ[…]
2.3| […] written […]
2.4| […]w b{r}b … […]
2.5| […] … […]
No. 3| (Fragment 3)
3.1| […]{y}mh to you […]
3.2| […] between, nḥt[…]
3 lost| (one line lost)
3.4| […]yn y{w}[…]
No. 4| (Fragment 4)
4.1| […]{l}ḥ which m[…]
4.2| […] of the detach{ment}[…]
4.3| […]{bar}ley […]
4.4| […] you […]
No. 5| (Fragment 5)
5.1| […]y ʾ[…]
5.2| […] 1 p{y}[…]
5.3| […] … thm[…]
5.4| […] bond … […]
5.5| […]{b}tl[…]
No. 6| (Fragment 6)
6.1| […] Bagadat son of […]
6.2| [… in Elephantin]e the fortress […]
6.3| [from the days of the k]ing of Egyp[t
No. 7| (Fragment 7)
7.1| [… wor]ds adjoining {it}[…]
7.2| […]{h} at the gate of the h[ouse
7.3| […] Atarparat […]
No. 8| (Fragment 8)
8.1| {that}: karsh 1 […]
8.2| {A}nani, {th}i[s] document
8.3| Az{ani}ah, Anan[i
No. 9| (Fragment 9)
9.1| […] the welfare of your servant […]
9.2| […] and {I reaped}[…]
No. 10| (Fragment 10)
10.1| […]lwnpr[…]
10.2| […] to Jezaniah […]
No. 11| (Fragment 11)
11.1| […] {fr}om you (pl.) and from b[…]
No. 12| (Fragment 12)
12.1| […]{my por}tion[…]
12.2| […]{y} A{s}uti{s} […]
12.3| […]m the price of […]
12.4| […]m k … {belonging to}[…]
12.5| […] l […]
No. 13| (Fragment 13)
13.1| […] its boundaries [
No. 14| (Fragment 14)
14.1| […] 3 b[…]
14.2| […]{h} to him, {house}[…]
14.3| [withdra]{wal} of the house, 1 (doubtful), which {w}[rote
14.4| …
No. 15| (Fragment 15)
15.1| …
15.2| […] … ʾ ʾ … from the [ri]sing to the west […]
15.3| […] 3 (doubtful) ʿ …
No. 16| (Fragment 16)
16.1| […] you shall give him in yea[r
16.2| […] to you (pl.). If g …
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