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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

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Firsthand Accounts, Letters
About a Conflict with Edom
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Your son(s) Gemaryahu and Nehemyahu sent concerning the welfare of Malkiyahu. I bless you to YHWH. And now: Your [ser]vant has inclined his [he]art to what [you] sa[id, and I have written] to my lord…

Places:

Arad, Land of Israel (Tel ‘Arad, Israel)

Date:

Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Military, Archaeology, Writing

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
Aid for Two Benefactors
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To my lords Jedaniah, Uriah and the priests of YHW the God, Mattan son of Jashobiah and Berechiah son of, . . . from your servant Mauziah. May the God of Heaven seek after the welfare of my lords…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

Late 5th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Military, Community, Diaspora, Justice system

Categories:

Firsthand Accounts, Letters
A Prayer (?) from Kuntillet Ajrud
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[ . . . May] He lengthen their days and may they be sated . . . recount to YHWH of Teman and His asherah . . . [ . . . because(?)] YHWH of the Teman, has shown them(?) favor, has bettered their da[ys…

Places:

Kuntillet Ajrud, Land of Israel (Kuntillat Jurayyah, Egypt)

Date:

Late 9th–Early 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Prayer

Categories:

Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Visual & Material Culture
Name of Owner on Jar from Jerusalem
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Belonging to Eliyahu

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Late 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Economic life

Categories:

Household Objects, Visual & Material Culture
Seal Impression on Jar Handle from Jerusalem
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Belonging to Hannah (?) daughter of Azaryah.

Places:

Jerusalem, Land of Israel (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

Late 8th or Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Economic life, Women
Shalmaneser III, Kurkh Monolith
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In the eponymate of Dayan-Ashur, on the 14th of Aiaru (Iyyar), I set out from Nineveh . . . I set out from the Euphrates and approached Aleppo. They (i.e., the inhabitants of Aleppo) were afraid of…

Places:

Kurkh, Assyria (Üçtepe, Turkey)

Date:

853–824 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Calendar, Government, Monarchy

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History, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions, Visual & Material Culture
Jehu Depicted on the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
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Caption Translated by Mordechai Cogan.

Places:

Calah, Assyria (Nimrud, Iraq)

Date:

ca. 826 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Monarchy, Violence, Exile

Categories:

History, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs, Inscriptions, Visual & Material Culture
Owner and Contents on Jar from Hazor
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Belonging to Pekah. Semadar.

Places:

Hazor, Land of Israel (Tel Hazor, Israel)

Date:

Middle or Second Half of 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Economic life, Food and drink

Categories:

Household Objects, Visual & Material Culture
Capacity on Jar from Tel Kinrot
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Jar of the gate.

Places:

Kinneret, Land of Israel (Tel Kinrot, Israel)

Date:

Late 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Economic life

Categories:

Household Objects, Visual & Material Culture

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