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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Auteurs: Spar, Ira (Auteur) ; Paley, Samuel M. 1941-2010 (Auteur) ; Stieglitz, Robert Raphael 1943- (Auteur)
Type de support: Imprimé Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Soc. 2018
Dans: Israel exploration journal
Année: 2018, Volume: 68, Numéro: 2, Pages: 182-191
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Épigraphie / Moshav / Israël / Écriture cunéiforme / Contrat / Fragment / Levante
RelBib Classification:HB Ancien Testament
HH Archéologie
TB Antiquité
Édition parallèle:Électronique
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Résumé: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
Contient:Enthalten in: Israel exploration journal