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(Beginning destroyed) (3) [... of the l]and of Que [...], (4) [...] the elders [...], (5) [... of the land] of Que [...], (6) [x+]100 si[lver] bowls [...], (7) [... c]hief [...] (8) [Total: x] talents 20 mi[nas silver ...] (9) [...] Yaman [...] (10) [...]...[...] (11) [...] the Moabite [......] (Break) (13) [...] headmen [..., (14) [... the town of] Ekron [......]. (Rest destroyed)
Daily LifeEconomy
(i 1) [Distribution of t]ribute. (i 2) [...] regular-offering [sheep, 1] sheep, a bowl of wine: treasurer. (i 5) 5 seahs of flour, 5 seahs of barley, a bowl of wine: regular-offerings shepherd. (i 9) 100 tribute sheep, 2 sheep, 2 bowls (of wine): chief cook. (i 12) A sheep, a bowl (of wine): his scribe. (i 14) ditto: chief of accounts. (i 15) 7 seahs of honey, 4 minas of wax, a talent of copper: chief fuller. (i 18) 2 sheep, 2 bowls (of wine), his food, (i 20) 10 minas of copper, 2 sheep, 2 bowls (of wine): oil master. (i 23) The same: his scribe. (i 24) 4 fig-loaves, 2 ... of figs, 10…
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