Khalili IA 01
Letter from Akhvamazda to Bagavant, 3 Sivan, year 11 of Artaxerxes [HI], 348 BCE. Concerns the building of a wall and a ditch around Nikhshapaya. Daizaka is the scribe.
ADAB no. A04
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- Aramaic
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- Aramaic
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- James D. Moore
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- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
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Naveh and Shaked
Naveh and Shaked
From Akvamazda to Bagavant. And now, concerning that which you sent to me, saying: “(A message) was sent to me from you to give instruction to build the wall and the ditch
around the town of Nikhshapaya. Subsequently, I sent a time and made the troops come close. Spaita, the magistrates and others (of) the garrison of the land, came to me saying thus:
There is a locust, heavy and numerous, and the crop is ripe (?) for reaping. If we build this wall, then the locust, the blight that is
in the town, [will increase], and it will cause [a flow (?)] and a renewed flow (?) in the land’. (But) I have no authority to let them go. And another (matter). That which you say, concerning that which you communicated
to me (in your message), […”. And now, …] those troops that are appointed in your presence, set them free to go about their work. That locust let them [smash (?)],
and let them reap the crop. And when the time comes, they will build that wall and ditch. Daizaka the scribe is in charge of this command.
To Bagavant who is in Khulmi.
On (day) 3 of Sivan, [year] 11 of Artaxerxes the King, concerning Nikhshapaya. Bring this letter.
Moore, James D.. 'Khalili IA 01.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/12730. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.