Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea, 1: Contents

Bezalel Porten and Ada Yardeni, Textbook of Aramaic Ostraca from Idumea, Vol. 1 Dossiers 1–10: 401 Commodity Chits, Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Indiana 2014,  Pp. liv + 472 + CD 

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Contents

Abbreviations and Select Bibliography    

Introduction  

Explanation of Typographic Conventions  

Grain Equivalencies 

Terminology of Ceramic Descriptions 

Terminology of Palaeographic Descriptions 

Numeration Legend 

Texts

A1–10 Commodity Chits

A1–6 Dossiers of Clans

A1.1–55 (57 chits) [1] Dossier of Baalrim   

A2.1–47 Dossier of Gur   

A3.1–40 (42 chits) Dossier of Qoṣi 

A4.1–37 (41 chits) Dossier of Al(i)baal 

A5.1–20 Dossier of Yehokal 

Genealogical Comparison of Five Clans 

Profile Comparison of Five Clans 

A6.1–28 Dossier of Miscellaneous Clans 

A7–10 Dossiers of Prominent Individuals

A7.1–60 (61 chits) Dossier of Ḥal(a)fat and Baalghayr 

A8.1–46 (44 chits) Dossier of Samitu 

A9.1–34 (30 chits) Dossier of Qoskahel 

A10.1–42 (31 chits) Dossier of Saadel 

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Tables 

Introduction

Table 1.1 Deliveries “To the Storehouse” (למסכנתא) 

Table 1.2 Deliveries “To the Storehouse of Makkedah” (למסכנת מנקדה) 

Table 1.3 Deliveries “From the Grain of the Storehouse” (מן עבור מסכנתא) 

Table 1.4 Deliveries “(To the) Storehouse of (ל) Makkedah” (מסכנתה למנקדה) 

Table 2.1 Deliveries “To . . . Who Are (Who Is) in Makkedah” (מנקדה ל־ זי)
 and “To /Of the Citizens of Makkedah” (לבעלי מנקדה) 

Table 2.2 Deliveries (+ Payment Order) “To Makkedah” (למנקדה) 

Table 2.3 Deliveries (+ Payment Order and Workers Text) “From Makkedah”
 (מן מנקדה) 

Table 3 Miscellaneous Ostraca with “Makkedah” 

Table 4 The Dossier of Wheat Flour 

Table 5 43 Idumean Ostraca Dated according to Macedonian Rulers 

Dossiers

Table 6 Baalrim at a Glance (A1)   

Table 7 Gur at a Glance (A2)   

Table 8 Qoṣi at a Glance (A3) 

Table 9 Al(i)baal at a Glance (A4) 

Table 10 Yehokal at a Glance (A5) 

Table 11 Miscellaneous Clans at a Glance (A6) 

Table 12 Ḥal(a)fat-Baalghayr at a Glance (A7) 

Table 13 Samitu at a Glance (A8) 

Table 14 Qoskahel at a Glance (A9) 

Table 15 Saadel at a Glance (A10) 

Figures 

Introduction 

Figure 1 Map of Provenanced Aramaic Ostraca   

Figure 2 Lenny Wolfe’s Pedigree   

Figure 3 Dispersion of 913 Published Aramaic Ostraca Photos in 14 Publications   

Figure 4 List of 2,004 Ostraca from 30 Different Collections 

Figure 5 An Ostracon Acquired in Rafiah (ISAP2034) 

Figure 6 el-Kom 8 and an Idumean Ostracon Compared 

Figure 7 Maresha 6 (A38.9) and an Idumean Ostracon Compared 

Figure 8 Four Grain Chits from the David Sofer Collection 

Figure 9 Three Chits “To the Port” (Maḥoza)   

Figure 10 Transporting the Goods in the Idumean Ostraca   

Figure 11 Un faux (ISAP1161) 

Figure 12 Un faux (ISAP1162) 

Figure 13 An Apprentice’s Writing Exercise or a Forgery? (ISAP648/1381) 

Figure 14 Unintelligible Fake (ISAP1213) 

Figure 15 Inscription on a Jar Handle? (ISAP1214) 

Figure 16 A Forgery (ISAP343) 

Figure 17 A Forgery (ISAP341) 

Figure 18 Unintelligible List of Names (ISAP342) 

Figure 19 Authentic List of Names (ISAP1958) 

Figure 20 Unintelligible Script (ISAP499) 

Figure 21 Two-sided Scribal Exercise (ISAP2409) 

Figure 22 Two-sided Scribal Exercise (ISAP2440) 

Figure 23 Exercise in Circular Strokes (ISAP315) 

Figure 24 Exercise in Random Strokes (ISAP852) 

Figure 25 Exercise in Horizontal and Vertical Strokes (ISAP146) 

Figure 26 Compact Diversity of Strokes (ISAP2442)   

Figure 27 Scattered Semicircles (ISAP659)   

Figure 28 Compact Semicircles (ISAP1322)   

Figure 29 Two-sided Scribal Exercises at Elephantine (X31 and 197)    

Figure 30 Exercise in Random Strokes at Elephantine    

Figure 31 An Abecedary (ISAP1631)   

Figure 32 Un faux authentifié (A39.4 [ISAP1218])    

Figure 33 Sample Commodity Chit with Ruler in Year Date (A33.8 [ISAP1546])    

Figure 34 Sample Clan Commodity Chit (A4.14 [ISAP1235])    

Figure 35 Sample Commodity Chit with Verb (A9.9 [ISAP1944])   

Figure 36 Sample Commodity Chit with Date at End (A47.2 [ISAP709])   

Figure 37 Terse Commodity Chit (A131.1 [ISAP73])    

Figure 38 Sample Unabbreviated Commodity Chit (A1.35 [ISAP1718])    

Figure 39 Sample Land Description (H3.1 [ISAP1966]   

Figure 40 Land Description with Temples and Tombs (H1.1 [ISAP1283])   

Figure 41 Sample Workers Text (D3.6 [ISAP260])   

Genealogical Charts

Figure 42a Four Generations of the Clan of Baalrim    

Figure 42b The Third Generation of the Clan of Baalrim    

Figure 43 Five Generations of the Clan of Gur   

Figure 44 Five Generations of the Clan of Qoṣi   

Figure 45 Three Generations of the Clan of Al(i)baal   

Figure 46a Four Generations of the Clan of Yehokal (first reconstruction)    

Figure 46b Five Generations of the Clan of Yehokal (second reconstruction)  

Figure 47 Comparing Generations of the Five Clans   

Comparative Clan Profiles

Figure 48 Comparison of Dating Profiles for 5 Clans   

Figure 49 Comparison of Commodity Profiles for 5 Clans   

Figure 50 Comparison of Payee Profiles for 5 Clans   

Figure 51 Comparison of Agent Profiles for 5 Clans   

Figure 52 Summary of Clan Profiles   

Comparative List of Entries

Listed by TAO Number   

Listed by ISAP Number  

Supplementary Material on CD

Complete Table of Contents for TAO A–K

Complete ISAP-TAO Equivalency Chart

Commodity Chit Dossiers Listed by Payer Name for A1–281

KWICs

Personal Names KWIC

Word KWIC

Months KWIC

[1] Some dossiers include items cross-referenced from previous dossiers, and others have additional items inserted as “a,” “b,” etc. The number in parentheses records the actual number of chits that appear for the first time in that dossier.

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