Title: Letter from Akhvamazda to Bagavant and the Magistrates
Date: Marheswan, year 6 of Artaxerxes III, corresponding to November–December 353 BC
Location: Bactria
Materials: ink on leather
Dimensions: 14.6 x 32.2cm
Accession Number: IA 6
Other Notes:
In this draft letter, Akhvamazda, the satrap of Bactria, reproaches Bagavant, the governor of Khulmi, who – against the decree of his master – had extracted taxes from some camel keepers and detained them. He informs Bagavant that he will interrogate him about this matter, and orders him to release the camel keepers and pay them back what he had taken from them.
Script:
written in Official Aramaic
Bibliography:
J. Naveh & S. Shaked, Aramaic Documents from Ancient Bactria (Fourth Century BCE), London 2012, no.A1, pp.64–75.
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