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Negev, April 10, 314 BCE. Ostrakon. Receipt.


Transcription ב לניסן שנת אלכסנדרמלכא עזיזו חכ ס ק ףעליד קוסי זי ערבת חינזרו
Translation On the 6th of Nisan, year 3 (of) Alexa(n)derthe king, Uzayzu: w(heat), k(or), 1; s(eahs), 23; q(abs), 2 (and a) h(alf),by the hand of Qosi, of the Steppe of Hinziru.
Diplomatic [no diplomatic]

Transcription

לניסן שנת

אלכסנדרמלכא עזיזו חכ

עליד קוסי זי ערבת חינזרו

Translation

On the 6th of Nisan, year 3 (of) Alexa(n)derthe king, Uzayzu: w(heat), k(or), 1; s(eahs), 23; q(abs), 2 (and a) h(alf),by the hand of Qosi, of the Steppe of Hinziru.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:: 314 BCE
Terminus ante quem:: 314 BCE

Languages

Hebrew, Aramaic

Dimensions

H: 9.4 cm; W: 10.5 cm; D: 0.5-1 cm

Date

314 BCE to 314 BCE

Current location

No provenance provided.

Figures

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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. insc A29.6-ISAP2412.

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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. insc A29.6-ISAP2412.

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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. insc A29.6-ISAP2412.

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