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1 | | On the 25th of Tishri, that is day 25 of the month of Epeiph, year 31 of Artaxerxes the king, said Ananiah|
2 | | son of Azariah, a servitor of YHW the God in Elephantine the fortress, to lady Tamet his wife, saying: I gave|
3 | | you half of the large room, and its chamber, of the house which I bought from ˀwbyl daughter of Shatibara and from Bagazushta,|
4 | | Caspians of Elephantine the fortress. I, Ananiah, gave it to you in love. Yours it is from this day|
5 | | forever and your children's, whom you bore me, after you. And behold the measurements of that house which I,|
6 | | Ananiah, gave you, Tamet, from half of the large room and its chamber was: from above to below,|
7 | | 11 (6) cubits (7) by the measuring rod; in width, cubits from east to west, 7 cubits 1 h(and) by the measuring rod ; Built is (the) lower house, new, containing beams and windows. And behold this is the boundaries of that house|
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9 | | which I gave you: above it the portion of mine, I, Ananiah, adjoins it; below it|
10 | | is the Temple of YHW the God and the street of the king is between them; east of it is the town/way of Khnum the god|
11 | | and the street of the king is between them; west of it the house of Shatibara, a Caspian, adjoins it. This share of|
12 | | the house who(se) measurements are written and whose boun?daries (are written above) — I, Ananiah, gave it to you in love. I shall not be able,|
13 | | I, Ananiah, to bring (suit) against you on account of it. Moreover, son of mine or daughter, brother or sister shall not be able |
14 | | to institute (suit) against you in the name of that house. And if I institute suit against you in the name of that house, I shall be obligated |
15 | | and I shall give you silver, 5 karsh, that is five, by the stone(-weight)s of the king, silver 2 q(uarters) to 1 karsh, without suit. |
16 | | And if another person institute against you suit, he shall give you silver, 20 karsh, and the house likewise is yours. But|
17 | | if you die at the age of 100 years, it is my children whom you bore me (that) have right to it after |
18 | | your death. And moreover, if I, Anani, die at the age of 100 years, it is Pilti and Jehoishma, all (told) 2, my children, (who) |
19 | | have right to my other portion, I, Anani. Another person — my mother or my father, brother or sister, or |
20 | | another (19) man — (20) shall not have right to the whole house, but (only) my children whom you bore me. And the person who shall reclaim|
21 | | my house after my death from Pilti and Jehoishma shall give them silver, 10 karsh by the stone(-weight)s of|
22 | | the king, silver 2 q(uarters) to 1 karsh, and my house is theirs likewise, without suit. Wrote Mauziah son of Nathan at the instruction of|
23 | | Ananiah son of Azariah the servitor. And the witnesses herein: (1st hand) Gemariah son of Mahseiah; |
24 | | (2nd hand) Hoshaiah son of Jathom; (3rd hand) Mithrasarah the Magian; (4th hand) Tata the Magian.
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