Ancient Aramaic and Hebrew letters / [prepared and translated] by James M. Lindenberger ; edited by Kent Harold Richards.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lindenberger, James M.

Contributor:

Lindenberger, James M.

Richards, Kent Harold, 1939-

Series:

Writings from the ancient world ; no. 14.

Writings from the ancient world ; no. 14

Language:

Aramaic

English

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Aramaic letters.

Aramaic letters--Translations into English.

Hebrew letters.

Hebrew letters--Translations into English.

Middle East--History--To 622--Sources.

Middle East.

History.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

xix, 188 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta, Ga. : Society of Biblical Literature, [2003]

Contents:

I. Aramaic Diplomatic-Military Correspondence 17

1. Ashur Ostracon (Report of an Assyrian Officer) 20

2. Adon Papyrus (Appeal to Pharaoh for Military Aid) 23

II. Business and Family Letters 25

3. Hermopolis 1 29

4. Hermopolis 3 30

5. Hermopolis 4 31

6. Hermopolis 2 32

7. Hermopolis 6 34

8. Hermopolis 5 35

9. Hermopolis 7 36

10. Padua 1 (To a Son on a Journey) 36

11. Padua 2 (A Son to His Mother) 38

11a. Berlin Papyrus 23000 (Grain Shipments) 39

III. Ostraca from Elephantine 41

12. Berlin, St. Mus. 1137 (A Dream and Family Matters) 42

13. O. Cairo 35468a (Money for a Religious Society) 43

14. O. Clermont-Ganneau 44 (A Report of Imprisonment) 44

15. Berlin, St. Mus. 11383 (Sheepshearing) 44

16. Berlin, St. Mus. 11383 (Bread and Flour) 45

17. Cambridge 131-133 (Sheep Marketing) 46

18. Bodleian Aram. Inscr. 1 [Lost] (Money and Slaves) 47

19. Bodleian Aram. Inscr. 7 (Family Messages: Passover) 48

20. O. Clermont-Ganneau 70 (Repair of a Garment) 49

21. O. Cairo 49624 (Dedication of a Tunic) 49

22. O. Clermont-Ganneau 152 (Handling of Produce and the Sabbath) 50

23. O. Clermont-Ganneau 16 (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders) 51

24. O. Clermont-Ganneau 169 (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders) 51

25. O. Clermont-Ganneau 228 (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders) 52

25a. O. Clermont-Ganneau 125? (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders) 53

26. O. Clermont-Ganneau 186 (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders) 53

27. O. Cairo 35468b (Shopping Lists and Shipping Orders) 54

27a. O. Clermont-Ganneau 277 (Greetings in the Names of the Gods) 55

28. BM 45035a (Miscellaneous) 55

29. BM 45035b (Miscellaneous) 56

IV. Archives of the Jewish Community at Elephantine 61

30. AP 21 (Passover [?] and Unleavened Bread) 65

31. AP 38 (An Accusation and a Warning) 67

32. AP 56+34 (Riot and Imprisonment) 68

33. AP 27 (Accusation of Stopping a Well) 70

34. AP 30/31 (Razing of Temple and Petition for Aid) 72

35. AP 32 (Memorandum on Reconstructing the Temple) 76

36. AP 33 (A Petition and a Bribe) 77

V. Letters from Persian Officials 81

37. AD 2 (Appointment of a Steward) 85

38. AD 4 (Reprimand to an Insubordinate Officer) 86

39. AD 3 (Slaves) 87

40. AD 5 (Slaves) 88

41. AD 6 (Rations for a Traveling Party) 90

42. AD 8 (Restoration of an Estate to Its Rightful Heir) 91

43. AD 7 (Reprimand to a Negligent Steward) 93

44. AD 10 (Overdue Rent) 94

45. AD 11 (Overdue Rent) 96

46. AD 9 (Commission for a Sculptor) 97

47. AD 12 (Complaints) 98

48. AD 13 (Complaint of Unsatisfactory Goods) 100

49. AP 29 (A Boatyard Work Order) 101

VI. Two Hebrew Petitions and a Royal Order 107

50. Yavneh-Yam (Petition of a Poor Man) 109

50a. Moussaieff Hebrew Ostracon #2 (Petition of a Widow) 110

50b. Moussaieff Hebrew Ostracon #1 (A Royal Order) 111

VII. Judean Military-Administrative Letters from Arad and Lachish 113

51. Arad 40 (A Report from Edom) 118

52. Arad 88 (A Royal Fragment) 119

53. Arad 24 (Orders from the King) 119

54. Arad 21 (Fragmentary Letter) 120

55. Arad 18 (Rations and Other Matters) 121

56. Arad 1 (Rations and Other Matters) 121

57. Arad 2 (Rations and Other Matters) 122

58. Arad 3 (Rations and Other Matters) 122

59. Arad 17 (Rations and Other Matters) 123

60. Arad 16 (Rations and Other Matters) 124

61. Lachish 2 (Greetings to a Superior Officer) 124

62. Lachish 3 (Protest of Literacy, Troop Movements, etc.) 125

63. Lachish 4 (Report on Signal-Fire and Other Matters) 126

64. Lachish 6 (Morale) 127

65. Lachish 16 (Fragment Mentioning a Prophet) 128

66. Lachish 5 (Rations) 129

67. Lachish 9 (Rations) 129

VIII. Fragmentary and Miscellaneous 133

67a. Epistolary Formulas from Kuntillet Ajrud 136

67b. DJD 2, 17a (A Papyrus Letter Fragment from Murabaat) 137

68. Horvat Uza (An Edomite Note concerning Grain Delivery) 137

69. Tell el-Mazar (An Ammonite Note concerning Grain) 138

70. Saqqara (A Phoenician Letter) 138

71. Idumea Ostr 199 (An Aramaic Note concerning a Debt) 139

72. Idumea Ostr 196 (An Aramaic Note concerning the Release of a Woman) 140.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-170) and indexes.

ISBN:

1589830369

OCLC:

51088025