Abstract
Abraham purchased a burial cave in Hebron for »four hundred sheqels of kœsœp 'ober lassohcombining dot belower«. Scholars agree that this expression denotes »silver usable in commercial transactions« but there is no consensus concerning its primary meaning and parallel expressions in cognate languages from the ancient near east. This article relates it to the Akkadian expression kaspum aššumi PN eqlam ittiq in Old Assyrian trade letters and kaspum ittiq in Neo-babylonian documents, both of which designate silver used in overland trade between merchants.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 12-19 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift fur die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft |
| Volume | 108 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| State | Published - 1 Dec 1996 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- History
- Religious studies