Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea, Volume 2: Dossiers 11-50: 263 Commodity Chits

Bezalel Porten; Ada Yardeni

Published by Penn State University Press 2016

Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea, Volume 2

Dossiers 11-50: 263 Commodity Chits

Bezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575063591

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About this book

Since 1991, some 2,000 Aramaic ostraca deriving from the south of Israel have appeared on the antiquities market and are now scattered in 9 museums and libraries and 21 private collections. Of these, the majority are still not formally published, and in this second volume in the series, Bezalel Porten continues the publication of this important corpus of 4th century B.C.E. economic texts. With the expert epigraphic assistance of Ada Yardeni and hand-copies by her as well, Porten here provides the second volume of texts, organized by “dossier” based on the primary personage cited in the text. Color photographs (where available), ceramic descriptions, hand-copies, transcription, translation, and commentary are provided for each text, along with tables of seven grain dossiers. This publication will become the primary resource for information on these texts, which provide insight into the economic, social, and religious lives of Idumeans in the late Persian and early Hellenistic periods.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Abbreviations and Select Bibliography Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xviii
Explanation of Typographic Conventions Publicly Available Download PDF	xviii
Grain Equivalencies Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
Numeration Legend Publicly Available Download PDF	xx
Tables Publicly Available Download PDF	xxi
Texts
A11–50 Commodity Chits
A11–14 Betweeen 25 and 20 Entries (between 15 and 12 chits) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
A15–25 Between 19 and 11 entries (between 11 and 2 chits) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	61
A26–40 Between 11/12 and 8 entries (between 9 and 4 chits) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	163
A41–50 Between 7 and 4 entries (between 6 and 3 chits) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	275
Addenda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	325

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 375
Keywords: Idumean ostraca; commodity chits; payment orders; accounts; workers' texts; name lists; jar inscriptions; letters; land descriptions; no text ostraca; Persian empire; Idumea; Aramaic; Makkedah

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Published: September 12, 2016
ISBN: 9781575063591