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IDUM0479

Negev, August 7, 353 BCE. Ceramic Vessel. Commodity chit.

Transcription

ב לתמוז שנת יהבקוסחתן ליזדי עלים ענילקוסיתא פחלץ

Translation

On the 25th of Tammuz, year 6, gave[Q]osḥanan to Yazidi servant of Ani:[...]to Qosyeta: bale, 1.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:
Terminus ante quem:
Notes
The name of the payee, Yazidi, is unclear, but it is clear that he is a servant. The beginning of line 3 is missing, and so the relationship between the two payees is unclear. Ani is also the source of the grain in three barley chits (A3.16, 9.21, 39.6) and the owner of a vineyard (H6.2).

Languages

Aramaic, Hebrew

Dimensions

H: 42 cm; W: 65 cm; D: 8 cm

Date

353 BCE to 353 BCE

Current location

Jeselsohn

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

  • Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea. Volume 2. Dossiers 11-50: 263 Commodity Chits. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2016.
    Zotero

Source of transcription

  • Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea. Volume 2. Dossiers 11-50: 263 Commodity Chits. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2016.
    Zotero

Source of translation

  • Porten, Bezalel, and Ada Yardeni. Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea. Volume 2. Dossiers 11-50: 263 Commodity Chits. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2016.
    Zotero
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