The Jewish garrison of Elephantine · a new plain-English translation from the Aramaic
A col. i| (Fragment A, column i)
A.i.1| …
A.i.2| ]{between}
A.i.3| …
A.i.4| ]{the sun}
A.i.5| ]-ʾ . rods, in
A.i.6| …
A.i.7| … the governor{ of}
A.i.8| ]{they took captive} {in Elephantine}, and to me
A.i.9| ]{-ntki}, which
A.i.10| ]ptyrwt, {my son, to me}
A.i.11| ]Amhut son of … -th, which
A.i.12| ]the god
A.i.13| ]left … l- …
A col. ii| (Fragment A, column ii)
A.ii.1| [he will] {make kno}wn {yw}[…]
A.ii.2| [Afterwards] he spoke about Petenephthoph[…]
A.ii.3| ]thus he said: 'Seize[…]'
A.ii.4| ʾ- … {and they bound} him and[…]
A.ii.5| they did not release him until {n}[…]
A.ii.6| ʾ- …
A.ii.7| …
A.ii.8| {all} … {ntw} in {Bab} {hn}[…]
A.ii.9| {ns.lt}; they {sealed} {it}; succe{ss}ful[…]
A.ii.10| b- … ḥ given under[…]
A.ii.11| {nhy.š}, qastar 3, {and he} spoke about[…]
A.ii.12| which I gave him not for wages; also I {gave}[…]
A.ii.13| to {Lush}an and his colleagues […]
B| (Fragment B)
B.1| They thus sa[id
B.2| {Set} for him[…]
B.3| the treasury {ʾ}[…]
B.4| {d}o{ne}[…]
B.5| {wr}
D| (Fragment D)
D.1| A]mhu[t
D.2| 12 {ḥ}[…]
D.3| {š} {š} 20[…]
D.4| {tr}ʾ {ʾ} … 20[…]
D.5| her{e}[…]
C| (Fragment C)
C.1| {Gr}eetings to {Bar}[…]
C.2| -h with whom[…]
E| (Fragment E)
E.1| 20[…]
E.2| wine of {the} outside, zyn[…]
E.3| lyn[…]
F| (Fragment F)
F.1| …
F.2| …
F.3| 4 l-[…]
F.4| 2 {l}-[…]
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