Textbook of Aramaic ostraca from Idumea. Volume 1, Dossiers 1-10: 401 commodity chits

Textbook of Aramaic ostraca from Idumea. Volume 1, Dossiers 1-10: 401 commodity chits / [compiled, edited, and translated into English by] Bezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni ; with the assistance of Matt Kletzing and Eugen Han.

Some 340 Aramaic ostraca of the Persian and Hellenistic periods have been excavated at 32 sites in Israel, from Yokneam in the north to Eilat in the south, with Arad and Beersheba being the main contributory sites. By far, however, the largest cache of texts is what has come to be known as "the...

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Other Authors: Porten, Bezalel (Editor, Translator), Yardeni, Ada (Editor, Translator), Kletzing, Matt (Editor), Han, Eugen (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Aramaic
Published: Winona Lake, Indiana : Eisenbrauns, 2014.
Subjects:
Ostraka > Edom (Kingdom)
Aramaic language > Texts.
LITERARY CRITICISM / African
Aramaic language
Ostraka
Ostrakon
Aramäisch
Edition
Middle East > Edom (Kingdom)
Edom > Landschaft
Texts
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Table of Contents:
  • Front ; Contents; Abbreviations and Select Bibliography; Introduction; Explanation of Typographic Conventions; Grain Equivalencies; Terminology of Ceramic Descriptions; Terminology of Palaeographic Descriptions; Numeration Legend; Tables 1-3: 106/110 Ostraca with Various References to Makkedah and Its Storehouse; Table 4. The Dossier of Wheat Flour (; ) in Years 14 and 15 (February 28-August 8, 344); Table 5. 43 Idumean Ostraca Dated according to Macedonian Rulers; A1.1-55 (57) Baalrim Dossier (359-336); A2.1-47 Gur Dossier (358-313); A3.1-40 (42) Qoṣi Dossier (361-311)
  • A4.1-37 (41) Al(i)baal Dossier (362-349)A5.1-20 Yehokal Dossier (362-313); A6.1-28 (29) Dossier of Miscellaneous Clans (362-338); A7.1-60 (61) Ḥal(a)fat-Baalghayr Dossier (362-350); A8.1-46 (48) Samitu Dossier (362-343); A9.1-34 Qoskahel Dossier (365-351; 319-317?); A10.1-42 Saadel Dossier (362-342)

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