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IDUM0480

Negev, October 6, 352 BCE. Ceramic Vessel. Commodity chit.


Transcription ב לתשרי שנשנת קוסנתןמן עבור זבינתאחס ק בשס
Translation On the 7th of Tishri, ye ...,year 7, Qosḥanan:from the grain of this purchase, w(heat), s(eahs), 2; q(abs) 2 for b(arley), s(eahs)[4, q(abs), 4].
Diplomatic [no diplomatic]

Transcription

ב לתשרי שנשנת קוסנתןמן עבור זבינתאחס ק בשס

Translation

On the 7th of Tishri, ye ...,year 7, Qosḥanan:from the grain of this purchase, w(heat), s(eahs), 2; q(abs) 2 for b(arley), s(eahs)[4, q(abs), 4].

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:: 352 BCE
Terminus ante quem:: 352 BCE

Notes

Scribe began to write "year" at the end of line 1, but instead wrote out the word at the beginning of line 2. The bottom line of this ostracon is cut away, but the formulaic nature of the transaction allows for the line to be restored.

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: —; W: —; D: —

Date

352 BCE to 352 BCE

Current location

Jewish Theological Seminary

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.

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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.

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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.

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