Ancient Aramaic and Hebrew Letters
A readable anthology of epistles, rather than a guide to alphabetic characters, is presented for nonspecialist scholars of the Middle East, the Bible, and languages. Some of the better preserved letters in the two languages down to the time of Alexander the Great, was first published in 1994. The second edition includes nine new texts, some subsequently published and others subsequently selected. The original scripts are followed by English translations. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc.,...
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Series Editor's ForewordixAbbreviationsxiExplanation of SignsxiiiChronological TablexivMapsxviAcknowledgmentsxixIntroduction1Translations15I.Aramaic Diplomatic-Military Correspondence171.Ashur Ostracon (Report of an Assyrian Officer)202.Adon Papyrus (Appeal to Pharaoh for Military Aid)23II.Business and Family Letters253.Hermopolis 1294.Hermopolis 3305.Hermopolis 4316.Hermopolis 2327.Hermopolis 6348.Hermopolis 5359.Hermopolis 73610.Padua 1 (To a Son on a Journey)3611.Padua 2 (A Son to His Mother)3811a.Berlin Papyrus 23000 (Grain Shipments)39III.Ostraca from Elephantine4112.Berlin, St. Mus. 1137 (A Dream and Family Matters)4213.O. Cairo 35468a (Money for a Religious Society)4314.O. Clermont-Ganneau 44 (A Report of Imprisonment)4415.Berlin, St. Mus. 11383 (Sheepshearing)4416.Berlin, St. Mus. 11383 (Bread and Flour)4517.Cambridge 131-133 (Sheep Marketing)4618.Bodleian Aram. Inscr. 1 [Lost] (Money and Slaves)4719.Bodleian Aram. Inscr. 7 (Family Messages: Passover)4820.O. Clermont-Ganneau 70 (Repair of a Garment)4921.O. Cairo 49624 (Dedication of a Tunic)4922.O. Clermont-Ganneau 152 (Handling of Produce and the Sabbath)5023.O. Clermont-Ganneau 16 (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders)5124.O. Clermont-Ganneau 169 (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders)5125.O. Clermont-Ganneau 228 (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders)5225a.O. Clermont-Ganneau 125? (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders)5326.O. Clermont-Ganneau 186 (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders)5327.O. Cairo 35468b (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders)5427a.O. Clermont-Ganneau 277 (Greetings in the Names of the Gods)5528.BM 45035a (Miscellaneous)5529.BM 45035b (Miscellaneous)56IV.Archives of the Jewish Community at Elephantine6130.AP 21 (Passover [?] and Unleavened Bread)6531.AP 38 (An Accusation and a Warning)6732.AP 56+34 (Riot and Imprisonment)6833.AP 27 (Accusation of Stopping a Well)7034.AP 30/31 (Razing of Temple and Petition for Aid)7235.AP 32 (Memorandum on Reconstructing the Temple)7636.AP 33 (A Petition and a Bribe)77V.Letters from Persian Officials8137.AD 2 (Appointment of a Steward)8538.AD 4 (Reprimand to an Insubordinate Officer)8639.AD 3 (Slaves)8740.AD 5 (Slaves)8841.AD 6 (Rations for a Traveling Party)9042.AD 8 (Restoration of an Estate to Its Rightful Heir)9143.AD 7 (Reprimand to a Negligent Steward)9344.AD 10 (Overdue Rent)9445.AD 11 (Overdue Rent)9646.AD 9 (Commission for a Sculptor)9747.AD 12 (Complaints)9848.AD 13 (Complaint of Unsatisfactory Goods)10049.AP 29 (A Boatyard Work Order)101VI.Two Hebrew Petitions and a Royal Order10750.Yavneh-Yam (Petition of a Poor Man)10950a.Moussaieff Hebrew Ostracon #2 (Petition of a Widow)11050b.Moussaieff Hebrew Ostracon #1 (A Royal Order)111VII.Judean Military-Administrative Letters from Arad and Lachish11351.Arad 40 (A Report from Edom)11852.Arad 88 (A Royal Fragment)11953.Arad 24 (Orders from the King)11954.Arad 21 (Fragmentary Letter)12055.Arad 18 (Rations and Other Matters)12156.Arad 1 (Rations and Other Matters)12157.Arad 2 (Rations and Other Matters)12258.Arad 3 (Rations and Other Matters)12259.Arad 17 (Rations and Other Matters)12360.Arad 16 (Rations and Other Matters)12461.Lachish 2 (Greetings to a Superior Officer)12462.Lachish 3 (Protest of Literacy, Troop Movements, etc.)12563.Lachish 4 (Report on Signal-Fire and Other Matters)12664.Lachish 6 (Morale)12765.Lachish 16 (Fragment Mentioning a Prophet)12866.Lachish 5 (Rations)12967.Lachish 9 (Rations)129VIII.Fragmentary and Miscellaneous13367a.Epistolary Formulas from Kuntillet Ajrud13667b.DJD 2, 17a (A Papyrus Letter Fragment from Murabaat)13768.Horvat Uza (An Edomite Note concerning Grain Delivery)13769.Tell el-Mazar (An Ammonite Note concerning Grain)13870.Saqqara (A Phoenician Letter)13871.Idumea Ostr 199 (An Aramaic Note concerning a Debt)13972.Idumea Ostr 196 (An Aramaic Note concerning the Release of a Woman)140Sources143Concordance of Texts149Bibliography157Glossary171Indexes175
