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1 | | On the 18 t h of Kislev, that is d[ay 13+]4 (= 17) of Thoth, year 21 (of Xerxes the king), the beginning of the reign when |
2 | | Artaxerxes the king sat on his throne, said Dargamana son of Khvarshaina, a Khwarezmian whose place is made in Elephantine the fortress of the detachment of Artabanu, |
3 | | to Mahseiah son of Jedaniah, a Jew who is in the fortress of Elephantine |
4 | | of the detachment of Varyazata, saying: You swore to me by YHW the God in Elephantine the fortress, you and your wife |
5 | | and your son, all (told) 3, about the land of mine on account of which I complained against you before |
6 | | Damidata and his colleagues the judges, and they imposed upon you for me the oath to swear by YHW on account of |
7 | | that |
6 | | land, |
7 | | that it was not land of Dargamana, mine, behold I . Moreover, behold the boundaries of that land |
8 | | which you swore to me on account of it: my house, Dargamana is to the east of it; and the house of Konaiah son of Zadak, |
9 | | a Jew of the detachment of Atropharna , is to the west of it; and the house of [Jeza]niah son of Uriah, |
10 | | a Jew of the detachment of Varyazata, is below it; and the house of Espemet son of Peftuauneit , |
11 | | a boatman of the rough waters, is above it. You swore to me by YHW and satisfied |
12 | | my heart about that land. I shall not be able to institute against you suit or process — I, or son of, brother or sister ot mine near or Tar —mine or daughter |
13 | | of mine about that land (against) you, or son of yours or daughter of yours, brother or sister of yours, near or far. |
14 | | Whoever shall institute against you (suit) in my name that land shall give you silver, 20, that is twenty , karsh by the stone(-weight)s of |
15 | | the king, silver 2 q(uarters) to the ten, and that land is likewise yours and you are withdrawn from |
16 | | any suit (in)which they shall complain against you on account of that land. Wrote Itu son of Abah |
17 | | this |
16 | | document |
17 | | in Syene the fortress at the instruction of Dargamana. Witnesses (2nd hand) Witness Hosea son of Petekhnum ( 3 rd hand) witness |
18 | | Gaddul son of Igdal; ( 4 th hand) witness Gemariah son of Ahio; ( 5 th hand) Meshullam son of Hosea; |
19 | | ( 6 th hand) Sinkishir son of Nabusumiskun; ( 7 th hand) witness Hadadnuri the Babylonian; |
20 | | ( 8 th hand) witness Gedaliah son of Ananiah; |
21 | | ( 9 th hand) witness Aryaicha son of Arvastahmara.
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22 | | Document (sealing) of withdrawal which [Dargama]na son of Khvarshaina wrote for Mahseiah
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