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600 - 500 BCE

Babylonia: Jews in Exile

551 BCE
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Here is an example of an agreement written in Paleo-Hebrew by exiled Judeans in Babylonia.  The tablet specifies an amount of barley is owed to Gummulu son of Bi-hame, by Shalam-Yama son of Nadab-Yama.

Shalam-Yama, Al-Yahudu Number 10 (side edge), Paleo Hebrew script
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Inscribed in Paleo-Hebrew

"(x) liters of barley are owed to Gummulu son of Bi-hame, by Shalam-Yama son of Nadab-Yama.”

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Shalam-Yama, Al-Yahudu Number 10 (side edge), Paleo Hebrew script
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