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Legumes and Barley
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Greetings, Islah. Now, I shall dispatch legumes tomorrow. Meet the boat tomorrow on Sabbath. Lest, if they get lost, by the life of YHH, I swear that I will take your life. Do not rely on Meshullemeth…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 475 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Sabbath, Food and drink, Economic life, Violence

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Instructions Regarding Children and Inquiry about Passover
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To Hoshaiah. Your welfare (may DN seek after at all times). Now, look after the children by yourself until Ahutab comes. Do not entrust them to others. If their bread is ground, knead for them 1 qab,…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 475 BCE

Subjects:

Diaspora, Family, Food and drink, Children, Passover

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Dispatch of Food
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[Greetings, PN,] from [PN]. [No]w, I [sen]t to you, saying: “Do not dispatch to me bread without it being sealed.” Lo, all the jars are impure. Behold, the bread which [you] dispatch[ed] to me…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

Early 5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Food and drink, Purity, Kashrut, Diaspora

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Dream Report
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Now, lo, I saw a dream and since then I am very feverish. May Iahmoliah attend to my welfare. Now, if you wish, do not sell them. Let the children eat them. Lo, there do not remain any cucumbers. Tran…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

Early 5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Dreams, Food and drink, Parenthood, Economic life

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters