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Papyrus, rolled, folded, and sealed, Elephantine, Egypt, 5th century BCE. See also Papyrus, Rolled and Sealed. The Elephantine papyri provide historical documentation about the members of a Jewish…
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Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)
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Persian Period, 5th Century BCE
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Samaria ostracon (A Shipment of Wine), early 8th century BCE, from the ruins of a building near the royal palace. The text can be read here.
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Samaria, Land of Israel (Kaleh Qaţār-e Soflá, Iran)
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First Quarter of the 8th Century BCE
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If, however, there is a needy person among you, one of your kinsmen in any of your settlements in the land that the Lord your God is giving you, do not harden your heart and shut your hand against…
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Land of Israel (Israel)
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Biblical Period
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“That which is well known needs no proof,” and the root cause is the skilled operating of the printing shop in the holy community of Żółkiew [Zhovkva], may the Rock preserve it, which was established…
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The Council of the Four Lands
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Lublin, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (Lublin, Poland)
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1699
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Papyrus, rolled and sealed, Samaria, 4th century BCE. This legal document had multiple seals affixed to it, apparently from different individuals (see the translation of this document, Slave Sale)…
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Samaria, Land of Israel (Samaria, Israel)
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Persian Period, 4th Century BCE