The Jewish garrison of Elephantine · a new plain-English translation from the Aramaic
No. 1| (Fragment 1)
1.1| ]of Tybi, ye[ar
1.2| ]{Adon}-Nabu, to[…]
No. 2| (Fragment 2)
2.1| …{m}] on the 5th of P[…]
2.2| ]I {sent} to[…]
2.3| … ]š{ḥ}[…]
No. 3| (Fragment 3)
3.1| ]{b}iah, an Aramean of Syene, of the detachment[…]
3.2| ]I have brought suit against you[…]
3.3| ]Yatomah and Saluah […]
No. 4| (Fragment 4)
4.1| ]of Adar, he[…]
4.2| ]-qu{n}, an Aramean of[…]
4.3| …
No. 5| (Fragment 5)
5.1| ]{and} content of heart[…]
5.2| ]I have withdrawn from you from th[is day
5.3| ]anyone of mine shall bring against you a s[uit
5.4| … which …
No. 6| (Fragment 6)
6.1| ]{z} son of Pas[…]
6.2| ]{k}m son of {kṭ}[…]
6.3| ]son of Ag{i}[…]
6.4| ]{w}r […]
No. 7| (Fragment 7)
7.1| ]-i all
7.2| [to] {him}, my lord
7.3| l- …] there is
No. 8| (Fragment 8)
8.1| month by month pq[…]
8.2| To my brother M[…]
No. 9| (Fragment 9)
9.1| ]-šn[…]
9.2| ]stater 1 … […]
No. 10| (Fragment 10)
10.1| ]{-w}š 4, of the {inter}[est
10.2| ]year 18 of Dar[ius
No. 11| (Fragment 11)
11.1| Ho]shea […]
11.2| ] greeting […]
No. 12| (Fragment 12)
12.1| After me there shall be […]
12.2| …
No. 13| (Fragment 13)
13.1| ]{-mr}, wheat 2 […]
13.2| ]in the sun, 11 (doubtful) … […]
13.3| ]{y} n{ʿ}[…]
13.4| ]-ʾ{r}[…]
13.5| ]-t{r}g
13.6| ]-n{ʾ} ḥ[…]
No. 14| (Fragment 14)
14.1| ]-ti[…]
14.2| ]-t to bi{nd}[…]
14.3| ]sai{d} … […]
14.4| ] … we will go {m}[…]
14.5| ]-m you shall forget š[…]
No. 15| (Fragment 15)
15.1| ]{-k} Yahu
15.2| ]great, brother[…]
No. 16| (Fragment 16)
16.1| ]2 shekels[…]
16.2| ]the silver shall be given[…]
No. 17| (Fragment 17)
17.1| ]Seha … […]
No. 18| (Fragment 18)
18.1| ]and they shall take her[…]
18.2| …
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