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No. 67 — Eighteen fragments of legal documents

The Jewish garrison of Elephantine · a new plain-English translation from the Aramaic

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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5.2| ]I have withdrawn from you from th[is day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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