Three Shekels Receipt
Sidebar to: The “Three Shekels” and “Widow’s Plea” Ostraca: Real or Fake?

Text:
1. K’S
2. HW.HMLK.LTT.BYD
3. [Z]KRYHW.KSP TR
4. S
5. S
Translation:
1. Pursuant to the order to you of Ashya-
2. hu the king to give by the hand
3. of [Z]echaryahu silver of Tar-
4. shish to the House (or Temple) of Yahweh
5. Three shekels.
Brackets indicate that the letter or word has been reconstructed. Dots between words are word dividers.
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