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1 | | On the 3rd of Kislev, year 8, that is day 12 of Thoth, year 9 of Darius the king, then in Elephantine|
2 | | the fortress, Said Jedaniah son of Hoshaiah son of Uriah, an Aramean of Elephantine the fortress, before Vidranga the Troop Commander |
3 | | of Syene, to Jedaniah son of Nathan and Mahseiah son of Nathan his brother, their mother (being) Mibtahiah daughter of Mahseiah son of Jedaniah, (said) before |
4 | | Vidranga the Troop Commander of Syene, saying: I withdrew from you from the house of Jezaniah son of Uriah. Behold its boundaries:|
5 | | above (it) the house of Hosea son of Uriah adjoins it; below it the house of Hazzul son of Zechariah adjoins it;|
6 | | on the (side) below and above windows are open there; east of it is the Temple of YHW the God and the road of|
7 | | the king is between them; west of it the house of Mibtahiah daughter of Mahseiah, which Mahseiah her father gave her, |
8 | | adjoins it. That house, whose boundaries are written above, is yours — you, Jedaniah and Mahseiah, all (told) 2, |
9 | | sons of Nathan — forever and your children's after you and to whomever you love you may give it. I shall not be able — I, Jedaniah or my children, |
10 | | or woman or man of mine — I shall not be able to institute against you suit or process. Moreover, we shall not be able to bring (suit) against son or daughter of yours, |
11 | | brother or sister, woman or man of yours, or a person to whom you sell that house or to whom in love you give (it) — (to bring [suit]) |
12 | | in my name, I, Jedaniah, or in the name of children or woman or man of mine. And if I, Jedaniah, bring (suit) against you, or|
13 | | 13son of mine or daughter, woman or man (12) bring (suit) against you (13) in my name or in the name of my children — excluding son or daughter of Jezaniah son of Uriah — |
14 | | or they bring (suit) against son or daughter, or woman or man of yours, or persons to whom you sell or to whom in love you give |
15 | | that house, then whoever shall bring suit against you shall give you the penalty of silver, ten karsh, that is 10 karsh, silver |
16 | | 2 q(uarters) to 1 karsh, by the stone(-weight)s of the king, and the house is likewise yours forever and your children's after you — excluding |
17 | | children of Jezan son of Uriah — without suit. Wrote Mauziah son of Nathan at the instruction of Jedaniah son of Hosea. And the witnesses|
18 | | herein: (2nd hand) Menahem son of Shallum; (3rd hand) Mahseiah son of Jedaniah; (4th hand) Menahem son of Gaddul son of Baadiah; (5th hand) Jedaniah son of Meshullam; |
19 | | (6th hand) Islaḥ son of Gaddul; (7th hand) Gaddul son of Berechiah (8th hand) Jezaniah son of Penuliah; (9th hand) Ahio son of Nathan.
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vso 1 | | Document (sealing) of withdrawal which Jedaniah son of Hosea wrote about the house of Jezaniah son of Uriah |
vso 2 | | for Jedaniah son of Nathan and Mahseiah his brother, all (told) 2.
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