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An Order Concerning Supplies and a Reference to the Temple of YHWH
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To my lord Elyashib: May YHWH seek your welfare! And now, give to Shemaryahu an x-measure and to the Kerosite give a y-measure. And as for the matter which you commanded me, it is well. He (it?) is…

Places:

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

Date:

Late 7th–Early 6th Century BCE

Subjects:

Military, Food and drink, Temple, Monotheism, Archaeology, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters
A Property Dispute Settled by Oath
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On the 18th of Kislev, that is the 17th day of Thoth, year 21 (of Xerxes the king), the beginning of the reign when Artaxerxes the king sat on his throne, Dargamana son of Khvarshaina, a Khwarezmian…

Places:

Elephantine, Egypt (Jazīrat Aswān, Egypt)

Date:

464 BCE

Subjects:

Justice system, Economic life, Diaspora, Archaeology, Monotheism, Law

Categories:

Law, Legal documents
A Practice Letter on a Jar from Kuntillet Ajrud
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Message of Amaryaw: “Say to my lord, are you well? I have blessed you by YHWH of Teman and His asherah. May He bless you and may He keep you, and may He be with my lord [forever(?)].”)

Places:

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

Date:

Late ninth or Early eighth Century BCE

Subjects:

Military, Archaeology, Writing, Monotheism, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters