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Elephantine / Yeb

Island near Aswan at the Nile’s first cataract; Persian-period Aramaic papyri document a Jewish community and Yaho’s temple.

Modern view of Elephantine Island and the Nile near Aswan; geographical context, not the remains of Yaho’s temple
Modern view of Elephantine Island and the Nile near Aswan; geographical context, not the remains of Yaho’s templeZureks / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0 · CC BY-SALicense · Image source

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Yeb is the island’s AramaicAramaicA group of Northwest Semitic language varieties with a long history across the Near East.Glossary · Click to read the explanation name. The island as a whole must be distinguished from the particular Yaho temple in the petition. A modern landscape is not a photograph of that sanctuary’s remains.[1]

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  1. Temple-rebuilding petition, dated 407 BCE; the community’s own account and request, not a neutral report on its opponents. TAD A4.7 / Cowley 30 / P.13495; lines 1–30 Return to the text ↑

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  1. Edition 2 · 12 October 2026 · editor:aladmin

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IL Archive, «Elephantine / Yeb», Edition 2, https://ilarchive.com/en/sites/elephantine