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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Authors: Spar, Ira (Author) ; Paley, Samuel M. 1941-2010 (Author) ; Stieglitz, Robert Raphael 1943- (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: Soc. 2018
In: Israel exploration journal
Year: 2018, Volume: 68, Issue: 2, Pages: 182-191
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Epigraphy / Moshavim / Israel / Cuneiform / Contract / Fragment / Levant
IxTheo Classification:HB Old Testament
HH Archaeology
TB Antiquity
Parallel Edition:Electronic
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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.
ISSN:0021-2059
Contains:Enthalten in: Israel exploration journal