A Cuneiform Contract Fragment from Tel Mikhmoret
The discovery of an Achaemenid period slave sale cuneiform tablet at Mikhmoret and the edition presented in this study reveal the presence of Babylonians in the Levant during the sixth century BCE. The notation of a pym weight in the tablet is unattested in any previously published Akkadian contract...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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Israel exploration journal
Year: 2018, Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 182-191 |
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| Summary: | The discovery of an Achaemenid period slave sale cuneiform tablet at Mikhmoret and the edition presented in this study reveal the presence of Babylonians in the Levant during the sixth century BCE. The notation of a pym weight in the tablet is unattested in any previously published Akkadian contracts, leading to the conclusion that the text was written in the Levant and may reflect a business transaction regarding moveable property in biblical Samaria. |
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Israel exploration journal
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