§58 Miriam and Salome

Miriam and Salome

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Commentary: Text is too fragmentary to reconstruct or ascertain much, but it seems to discuss interactions between at least two Jewish women and a military veteran.

Provenience: Wadi Murabba’at, Palestine 100-200 CE

Bibliography: Mur113 [for photos of the papyrus, see here]