Donors to YHW and Other Deities, from Elephantine
On the 3rd of Phamenoth, year 5. This is (= these are) the names of the Jewish garrison who gave silver to YHW the God, each person silver, [2] shekels—
The century of Nabuakab / Shallum son of Menahem: [silver, 2 shekels, to him/for himself . . . ] half. [ . . . ]
The silver which stood that day in the hand of Jedaniah son of Gemariah in the month of Phamenoth:
Notes
[PN—indicates a personal name.
Karsh . . . shekels . . . hallurs—units of weight used as currency. The shekel was the basic unit; the karsh was ten shekels, and the hallur one-fortieth of a shekel. —Eds.]
Credits
Donors to YHW and Other Deities from Elephantine, in Bezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni, eds., Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, trans. Bezalel Porten (Winona Lake, Ind.: Eisenbrauns, 1999), C3.15, pp. 228, 234. Used with permission of Bezalel Porten.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.
