תעודה 174 ממערות ואדי מורבעאת: שטר חוב עברי מתקופת מרד בר-כוכבא

Updated by: 
Shlomi Efrati
Research notes: 
reader checked 10/06/2014 SE
Reference type: 
Hebrew Book Section;
Author(s): 
Eshel, Esther
Eshel, Hanan
Geiger, Gregor
year: 
2009
Full title: 

תעודה 174 ממערות ואדי מורבעאת: שטר חוב עברי מתקופת מרד בר-כוכבא

Translated title: 
MUR 174: A Hebrew I. O. U. Document from Wadi Murabba'at
Journal / Book Title || Series Title: 
מערות המפלט מתקופת מרד בר כוכבא: קובץ שני [ The Refuge Caves of the Bar Kokhba Revolt, Vol. 2 ]
Editor(s): 
Eshel, Hanan
Porat, Roi
Place of Publication: 
Jerusalem
Publisher: 
Israel Exploration SocietyJeselsohn Epigraphic Center of Jewish History
Pages: 
527-538
Chapter: 
36
Work type: 
Essay/Monograph
Abstract: 

Mur 174 is a Hebrew I.O.U. document, i.e. a debt acknowledgment. The fragmentary document allegedly has been found in the Wadi Murabba‘at caves. It is in the museum of the SBF since 1962, but has never been studied systematically. Although the document is poorly preserved, most of the text can be reconstructed on the basis of similar documents. The document is dated to the 2nd of Tevet. The portion recording the year is not preserved; it may be reconstructed as the 2nd year of the Redemption of Israel, i.e. 133 CE. The name of the lender can be deciphered as Shim‘on, son of Yehudah. The name of the borrower is lost, but we know that he came from Tekoa‘. The borrowed sum was 25 zuzin/dinars or 6 sela‘in/tetradrachms and 1 zuz. The language is the same Hebrew dialect containing some Aramaisms, which is found in other legal documents of that time and area.

Language: 
Hebrew
Primary Texts: Judean Desert Documents: 
Scroll / Document: 
Mur 174
Label: 
28/07/2010
Record number: 
3 393