The Jewish garrison of Elephantine · a new plain-English translation from the Aramaic
No. 1 Obv.| (Fragment 1, obverse)
1.obv.1| fr]om you and from us …
1.obv.2| ]greetings; your brother Taqutiya; greetings […]
No. 1 Rev.| (Fragment 1, reverse)
1.rev.1| … may there be welfare[…]
1.rev.2| concerning … l-
No. 2 Obv.| (Fragment 2, obverse)
2.obv.1| ]{-š} the king. Then in [Elephantine
2.obv.2| ]{z}i to me {ḥ}[…]
2.obv.3| ]-t with you (fem.) to[…]
No. 2 Rev.| (Fragment 2, reverse)
2.rev.1| dau]ghter of Zaccur
No. 3 Obv.| (Fragment 3, obverse)
3.obv.1| ]-i p- … […]
3.obv.2| ]{b}a to[…]
3.obv.3| ]until you see[…]
3.obv.4| ]your garment, and not[…]
3.obv.5| ]-lt Pithom
No. 3 Rev.| (Fragment 3, reverse)
3.rev.1| ]l{q}, total 10 […]
3.rev.2| ] … l … […]
3.rev.3| ] … t […]
No. 4 Obv.| (Fragment 4, obverse)
4.obv.1| ]Then in Elephantine I said: Mibt[…]
4.obv.2| {š}
No. 4 Rev.| (Fragment 4, reverse)
4.rev.1| ]which I wrote. Mibtahiah da[ughter of
No. 5 Obv.| (Fragment 5, obverse)
5.obv.1| ]-h I made[…]
5.obv.2| ]karsh, in seed, zyl[…]
No. 5 Rev.| (Fragment 5, reverse)
5.rev.1| ]-mw
5.rev.2| ]{in} words … this[…]
5.rev.3| ]. R 2
No. 6 Obv.| (Fragment 6, obverse)
6.obv.1| ]{-ʾ} given […]
6.obv.2| the pr]ovince[…]
No. 6 Rev.| (Fragment 6, reverse)
6.rev.1| ]to me {ʾ}zk[…]
6.rev.2| ]took {ʾ}mš[…]
6.rev.3| ]. šml[…]
No. 7 Obv.| (Fragment 7, obverse)
7.obv.1| ]{bk}[…]
7.obv.2| ]{q}i b{t}[…]
7.obv.3| ]. -tʾl {ʾ}[…]
7.obv.4| ]-tʾl{h}[…]
No. 8 Obv.| (Fragment 8, obverse)
8.obv.1| ]Sitri, your brother[…]
8.obv.2| ]and her children, greetings […]
No. 8 Rev.| (Fragment 8, reverse)
8.rev.1| ]my sister S[itri
No. 9 Obv.| (Fragment 9, obverse)
9.obv.1| ]Nathan, wit{ness}[…]
No. 9 Rev.| (Fragment 9, reverse)
9.rev.1| My lor[d
No. 10 Obv.| (Fragment 10, obverse)
10.obv.1| ]-p{rd} . {wnḥ}[…]
10.obv.2| ]with which you shall gi[ve
10.obv.3| ] {sureties}, strong […]
No. 10 Rev.| (Fragment 10, reverse)
10.rev.1| Je]hoishma son of […]
10.rev.2| ] . your son, {son of} […]
10.rev.3| ] . {Nabu}-shedar[…]
No. 11 Obv.| (Fragment 11, obverse)
11.obv.1| On the 3rd of Tybi[…]
11.obv.2| Memorandum: Ḥem{d}[an
11.obv.3| in the {land} . […]
11.obv.4| On the 3rd of Tybi, Am[…]
11.obv.5| all[…]
No. 11 Rev.| (Fragment 11, reverse)
11.rev.1| ]. l … Ḥe{m}dan 1
11.rev.2| ]the province of Thebes
No. 12 Obv.| (Fragment 12, obverse)
12.obv.1| your servants[…]
12.obv.2| betwee{n}[…]
12.obv.3| ʾrt[…]
12.obv.4| with bricks[…]
12.obv.5| all d-[…]
12.obv.6| all d-[…]
No. 12 Rev.| (Fragment 12, reverse)
12.rev.1| The {do}c[ume]nt of {Lbḥ}ta, his wife . […]
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