Showing Results 1 - 2 of 2
Legumes and Barley
Restricted
Text
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
Imposition of a Judicial Oath
Restricted
Text
On the 18th of Phaophi, year four of Artaxerxes the king in Elephantine the fortress, Malchiah son of Jashobiah, an Aramean, hereditary-property-holder in Elephantine the fortress of the detachment of…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

401 BCE

Subjects:

Justice system, Economic life, Violence, Diaspora, Archaeology

Categories:

Law, Legal Documents