The Brooklyn Museum Aramaic Papyri (New Documents of the Fifth Century B. C. from the Jewish Colony at Elephantine)

Kraeling, Emil G. The Brooklyn Museum Aramaic Papyri (New Documents of the Fifth Century B. C. from the Jewish Colony at Elephantine). New Haven: Published for The Brooklyn Museum by the Yale University Press, 1953. 4to. xv,319,18pp. Gray mottled cloth with blue & gold cover label of “The Brooklyn Institute of Arts & Sciences.” Spine slightly sunned. Head and tail of spine slightly bumped. Signed by Harry M. Orlinsky, the famous Judaic and Semitic Scholar on title-page, with notes and markings by Orlinsky throughout. Illustrated with reproductions of photographs of ancient documents from the Jewish Colony at Elephantine. Edited with a historical introduction by Emil G. Kraeling. With two additional items laid in: 1) Business reply envelope to the “American Association for Bikur Cholim Hospital, Jerusalem” with Orlinsky’s address label on back of envelope. 2) 8 page program of the 14th annual conference of the “AJS” which was held in Boston in 1982. Part of the program was a tribute to Orlinsky. Binding in good, interior in very good condition. g. Hardcover. (20764) $95