Naveh, J. & Shaked, Sh. (eds.) The Khalili Collection. Ancient Aramaic Documents from Bactria (Fourth Century B.C.E.)

London: The Khalili Family Trust, 2006. — (Corpus Inscriptionum Iranicarum. Part 1: Inscriptions of Ancient Iran. Vol. V: The Aramaic Versions of the Achaemenid Inscriptions, etc. Texts II). — ISBN 1–874780–74-9.List of plates and illustrations
Foreword
Maps
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The edition
The Khalili collection of Aramaic documents
Historical and topographical considerations
Administrative practices and terminology; Holders of office and their correspondence
Disbursement of goods and products
Functions and titles of office
Types of military persons
Taxation practice and terminology
Economic activities
Goods and commodities
Religious terminology
Measures and weights
Epistolary conventions
The Arshama letters and the Bagavant documents: comparative notes
Linguistic points
Personal names
Texts
A. Documents relating to Bagavant, mostly letters from Akhvamazda,
presumably the satrap of Bactria
A1 [IA6 ] Letter from Akhvamazda to Bagavant, Marḥešwan, year 6 of Artaxerxes [III],
353 BCE. Concerns camel-keepers. Hashavakhshu is the scribe.
A2 [IA4] Letter from Akhvamazda to Bagavant, 3 Marḥešwan, year 8 of Artaxerxes
[III], 351 bce. Concerns the issue of vinegar (or the clearing of sand) from a house
of Akhvamazda. Daizaka is the scribe.
A3 [IA2] Letter, badly preserved, from Akhvamazda to Bagavant, 10 Šebaṭ, year 9 of
Artaxerxes [III], 349 BCE. Concerns Kumi.
A4 [IA1] Letter from Akhvamazda to Bagavant, 3 Sivan, year 11 of Artaxerxes [III],
348 BCE. Concerns the building of a wall and a ditch around Nikhshapaya. Daizaka
is the scribe.
A5 [IA3] Letter from Akhvamazda to Bagavant, no date. Deals with the building of a
wall in Kish, and could be not far in date from 348 BCE. Nurafratara is the scribe.
A6 [IA5] Letter from Akhvamazda to Bagavant. No date. Concerns houses to be roofed
and grain to be brought into Akhvamazda’s granary. Nurafratara is the scribe.
A7 [IA11] Fragmentary letter, perhaps from Akhvamazda to Bagavant. No date.
M entions skins kept by the troops. Daizaka is the scribe.
A8 [IA16] Fragmentary letter. No name of sender or recipient, but it could be from
Akhvamazda to Bagavant and others. No date. Concerns a certain Bactrian or the
city of Bactra, and taxation.
A9 [IA15] Note or label. Bagavant acknowledges having received certain drugs from
his wife. No date.
A10 [IA14] Note concerning a debt. Bagavant is guarantor. No date.
B. Other letters
B1 [IA7] Letter from Mithrafarnah to Upadvara (?), two persons of equal rank.
No date.
B2 [IA23] Letter from Bagaicha to Vahucha, two persons of equal rank. No date.
B3 [IA29] Letter from Artainapata to Vahucha, two persons of equal rank. No date.
B4 [IA24] Letter from Bakhtrifarnah to Chithrachardata, two persons of equal rank.
N o date.
B5 [IA8] Letter to a superior. No date.
B6 [IA18] Letter to Dahyubarzana, from someone of equal rank. No date.
B7 [IA19] Letter from a superior to an inferior, or between two persons of equal rank.
Very fragmentary. No date.
B8 [IA26] Fragmentary letter. No date. Mentions camels.
B9 [IA30] Fragmentary letter. No date. Mentions a house.
B10 [IA28] Fragment of a letter (or legal document) of the fifth century BCE.
C. Lists of supplies and labels
C1 [IA21] Supplies to Bessus in Kislev, year 1 of Artaxerxes [V] (= Bessus).
Corresponds to November / December 330 BCE.
C2 [IA20] Originally unopened document; concerned with the despatch of sheep.
Addressed to a superior officer. Wishtaspa is mentioned. Year 1 of an unspecified
reign (perhaps of Alexander, i.e. 330/329 BCE).
C3 [IA22] 20 Šebaṭ, year 2 (perhaps of Alexander, i.e. 329 BCE).
C4 [IA17] Long list of supplies disbursed. Starts on 15 Sivan, year 7 of Alexander,
corresponding to 8 June 324 BCE, and continues for three months.
C5 [IA25] No date. Supplies to Vahyazaya.
C6 [IA9] No date. Harnesses?
C7 [IA13] No date. Horse equipment?
C8 [IA12] No date. Subject not clear.
C9 [IA27] No date. Contains a list.
C10 [IA10] No date. Label.
D. Tallies
I. “From Gauza”
D1 [T1] Taitaka, Gauza
D2 [T2] Bagayaza, Gauza
D3 [T9] Saryabara, Gauza
D4 [T11] Khshathraka, Gauza
D5 [T12] Bagaicha, Gauza
D6 [T14] Spaita rhḥy, Gauza
II. “From Abudi”
D7 [T4] Patiyara, Abudi
D8 [T5] Tiri, Abudi
D9 [T6] Taitaka, Abudi
D10 [T10] Vikanu, Abudi
D11 [T15] Charatuka, Paritana and Abudi
D12 [T17] Nayaka, Abudi
D13 [T18] Aduapa, Abudi
III. “From Uparivana”
D14 [T7] ’ḥpwy Kaufatacha, Uparivana
D15 [T13] Taitaka, Uparivana
D16 [T16] Nafavazata, Uparivana
IV. “From” not indicated
D17 [T3] Chithriyakara
D18 [T8] Khshathraka
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