Jehoiachin's Rations Tablets
 Tablet listing ration for King Jehoiachin and his sons, captives in Babylon
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| Material | Clay |
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| Size | 9.2 cm high, 10.5 wide |
| Writing | Akkadian language in cuneiform script |
| Created | Neo-Babylonian period (ca. 595–570 B.C.E.) |
| Discovered | within 1899 to 1917, near the Ishtar Gate |
| Present location | Museum of the Ancient Near East, Pergamon Museum, Berlin, room 6 |
| Identification | VAT 16378 |
Jehoiachin's rations tablets date from the 6th century BC and describe the rations set aside for a royal captive identified with Jeconiah, king of Judah.[2][3] Tablets from the royal archives of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon were unearthed in the ruins of Babylon that contain food rations paid to captives and craftsmen who lived in and around the city. On one of the tablets, "Ya’u-kīnu, king of the land of Yahudu" is mentioned along with his five sons listed as royal princes.[4]
Contents
Excavation
The tablets were excavated from Babylon during 1899–1917 by Robert Koldewey and were stored in a barrel-vaulted underground building consisting of rows of rooms near the Ishtar Gate.
Translation
The tablets' text states:
Babylon 28122: "...t[o] Ia-'-u-kin, king..."
Babylon 28178: "10 (sila of oil) to ...Ia-'-kin, king of Ia[...] 2<templatestyles src="Sfrac/styles.css" />1/2 sila to [...so]ns of the king of Ia-a-hu-du"
Babylon 28186: "10 (sila) to Ia-ku-u-ki-nu, the son of the king of Ia-ku-du, 2<templatestyles src="Sfrac/styles.css" />1/2 sila for the 5 sons of the king of Ia-ku-du"
Another tablet reads:
1<templatestyles src="Sfrac/styles.css" />1/2 sila (oil) for three carpenters from Arvad, <templatestyles src="Sfrac/styles.css" />1/2 apiece,
11<templatestyles src="Sfrac/styles.css" />1/2 sila for eight wood workers from Byblos, . . .
3<templatestyles src="Sfrac/styles.css" />1/2 sila for seven Greek craftsman, <templatestyles src="Sfrac/styles.css" />1/2 sila apiece,
<templatestyles src="Sfrac/styles.css" />1/2 sila to the carpenter, Nabuetir
10 sila to Ia-ku-u-ki-nu, the king of Judah’s son,
2<templatestyles src="Sfrac/styles.css" />1/2 sila for the five sons of the Judean king.
This evidence matches precisely with the biblical text found in II Kings 24:10–17.[5]
See also
References
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- ↑ Cf. 2 Kings 24:12, 24:15–24:16, 25:27–25:30; 2 Chronicles 36:9–36:10; Jeremiah 22:24–22:6, 29:2, 52:31–52:34; Ezekiel 17:12.
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