Archaeology · 13 · Ezra
'Thank you for the coat'
Among the Elephantine papyri are tender family letters: a son thanks his mother for a coat; a brother asks his sister why she didn't write when he was sick.
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The archive also holds business memos, marriage contracts, and official correspondence, all in Aramaic.
Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 209
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