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A Practice Letter on a Jar from Kuntillet Ajrud
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Message of Amaryaw: “Say to my lord, are you well? I have blessed you by YHWH of Teman and His asherah. May He bless you and may He keep you, and may He be with my lord [forever(?)].”)

Places:

Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)

Date:

Late ninth or Early eighth Century BCE

Subjects:

Military, Archaeology, Writing, Monotheism

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
David’s Letter to Joab
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In the morning, David wrote a letter to Joab, which he sent with Uriah. He wrote in the letter as follows: “Place Uriah in the front line where the fighting is fiercest; then fall back so that he…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Biblical Period

Subjects:

Military, Monarchy, Adultery, Violence, Writing

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters, Literature