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Sample Sources

The sources below are those contained in our three curated collections—covering themes of Passover, Gender Roles, and Holocaust Resistance. They represent a fraction of the thousands of sources that will be available when the full site launches in 2024.
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Aerial photograph of stone city ruins.
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Civil and Domestic Life

A woman must not put on man’s apparel, nor shall a man wear woman’s clothing; for whoever does these things is abhorrent to the Lord your God. If, along the road, you chance upon a bird…
Tablet with inscribed Hebrew writing and several cracks, and small disconnected fragment.
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A Legal Complaint

May my lord, the governor/commander, listen to the word of his servant! As for your servant, your servant was harvesting in Hatsar-asam. And your servant harvested and finished/measured and stored it…

The Vision of the Dry Bones

The hand of the Lord came upon me. He took me out by the spirit of the Lord and set me down in the valley. It was full of bones. He led me all around them; there were very many of them spread over…

Ruling on the Kosher Lamp

I was asked by a resident in London concerning a portable electric lamp called “Kosher Lamp” which has a separate upper part which is made to direct the light or to cover it up altogether by twisting…

Aid for Two Benefactors

To my lords Jedaniah, Uriah and the priests of YHW the God, Mattan son of Jashobiah and Berechiah son of, . . . from your servant Mauziah. May the God of Heaven seek after the welfare of my lords…
Pottery fragment with Hebrew inscription.
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A Shipment of Wine

In the tenth year, to Shemaryaw, from Beerayim: a jar of aged wine. Gara (son of) Elisha 2. Uzza (son of) Ka[?]besh (?) 1. Eliba (son of) N[ . . . ] 1. Baala (son of) Elisha 1. Yadayaw 1.
Stone with rounded top with drawing of six figures wielding weapons and Egyptian hieroglyphic writing in rows.
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Stela of Merneptah

The (foreign) chieftains lie prostrate, saying “Peace.” Not one lifts his head among the Nine Bows. Libya is captured, while Hatti is pacified. Canaan is plundered, Ashkelon is carried off, and Gezer…