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Elephantine Letter (Request about the Rebuilding of the Elephantine Temple)
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Elephantine letter, dated to year 17 of King Darius II (November 25, 407 BCE). See Request about the Rebuilding of the Elephantine Temple) and Darius and Xerxes, Kings of Persia. The letter is…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

407 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Writing, Temple, Diaspora, Sacrifice

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Letters, Firsthand Accounts
Fragmentary papyrus page of Hebrew writing.
Letter of the Persian Governor to King Darius and the King’s Reply
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This is the text of the letter that Tattenai, governor of the province of Beyond the River, and Shethar-boze-nai and his colleagues, the officials of Beyond the River, sent to King Darius…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Temple, Writing, Monarchy, Ritual object, Finance

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters