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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
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