The Tablets of Āl-Yāḫūdu
Yahwistic names, socioeconomic ascent and ethnically marked marriage
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https://doi.org/10.35699/1982-3053.2022.41388Keywords:
Judahites, Material Culture, Exile of JudahAbstract
The texts of Āl-Yāḫūdu are sources written by Babylonian scribes in Akkadian cuneiform, which documented the activities of the Judaites, especially their business transactions in the countryside. The tablets cover 95 years of the material life of the Judaites settled in villages, dating from 572-477 B.C.E. In this way, it became possible to study four generations of individuals who resided on the banks of the rivers of Babylon. In the corpus of Āl-Yāḫūdu, we can research information regarding the preservation of Yhawistic names, the socioeconomic rise in the third generation of the deportees, and the marriage in this village that took place between two ethnicities.
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