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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:

Letters, Firsthand accounts
Fragmentary papyrus page of Hebrew writing.
Request about the Rebuilding of the Elephantine Temple
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To our lord Bagavahya governor of Judah, your servants Jedaniah and his colleagues the priests who are in Elephantine the fortress. May the God of Heaven seek after the welfare of our lord abundantly…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

407 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Temple, Sacrifice, Jerusalem, Diaspora

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
Fragmentary papyrus page of Hebrew writing.
Cyrus’ Proclamation and Rebuilding the Temple
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In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, when the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah was fulfilled, the Lord roused the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian Period, Late 6th–4th Century BCE

Subjects:

Monarchy, Temple, Diaspora, Sukkot, Sacrifice
Stone cylinder inscribed with cuneiform.