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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
A Shipment of Oil
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In the tenth year, from Azzah, to Gaddiyaw: A jar of pure oil

Places:

Samaria, Land of Israel (Kaleh Qaţār-e Soflá, Iran)

Date:

First Quarter of the 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Economic life, Food and drink, Purity, Calendar

Categories:

Legal Documents, Law