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Order to Have Guilty Slaves Punished
Late Sth Century BCE.
INSIDE
{Brom Arsames to Artavant.
Tsend you abundant (greetings of) welfare and strength.
‘And [now], (one) named [Psalmshek son of Ahhapli], my servant, complained here. He
says thus, “When I was coming [t]o [my] lord ...{sf]aves of Ahhapi my father whom I. [1
after me to my lord —
[1] named Psamshekhasi [son of PN], {1] Pashubasti son of Hor,
1 [PN son of ...] fwys [1 PNson of PN],
(1) Abhapi son of PL}, 1 [PN] son of Wahpremahi,
‘1 5[PN] ‘son of Psamshek, [1 PN son of PN]
Sal (told) 8 persons ~ took my property and fled from me.
Now, if it please my lord, let (word) be sent to Artavant (that those slaves whom] ‘I shall
present before him: the chastisement which I shall issue-an-order for them be done to them”.
Now, Arsames says [thus]: That *[Plsamshe(khasi] Tand his colleagues, the slaves of
Abhapi, whom Pfsalmshek will present before you t{here] — you, issue an order: the
cchastise[ment] which Psamshek will ifssue]*-an-order to be done to them ~ that shall be done to
them”.
OUTSIDE
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“Epstologaphy", 18952,
Alsxander, “Eplstologaphy", 15859, 162464, 167; Dion, “Lette”, $38, 49-51, $54; Fitzmyer,
8, 159, 230; Whitehead,
198.96; Gelot, Documents, 302305: Naveh, “Aramaic Script”, 2829, Fig, 6/2; Porten, Archives,
Ariamet, 2022, 4248,