2nd century CE Jewish woman whose documents survived
Babatha
Pouch that contained Babatha's document. Leather, Cave of the Letters, Nahal Hever (132-135 CE). Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Born
c. 104 CE
Maḥoza
Spouse
Jesus bar Jesus (c. 120–c. 124)<be />Judah Eleazar Ketushyon (c. 125–130)
Children
1
Parent
Shimon bar Menachem (father)
Babatha bat Shimʿon, also known as Babata (Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: בבתא, romanized: babbaṯā, lit. 'Pupil (of the eye)'; c. 104 – after 132) was a Jewish woman who lived in the town of Maḥoza at the southeastern tip of the Dead Sea in what is now Jordan at the beginning of the 2nd century. In 1960, archaeologist Yigael Yadin discovered a leather pouch containing her documents in what came to be known as the Cave of Letters, near the Dead Sea. The documents found include such legal contracts concerning marriage (ketuba), property transfers, and guardianship. These documents, ranging from 96 to 134, depict a vivid picture of life for an upper-middle class Jewish woman during that time. They also provide an example of the Roman bureaucracy and legal system under which she lived.
Babatha bat Shimʿon, also known as Babata (Jewish Palestinian Aramaic: בבתא, romanized: babbaṯā, lit. 'Pupil (of the eye)'; c. 104 – after 132) was a...
during the Bar Kokhba revolt, and the Babatha papyri cache, a collection of legal documents belonging to Babatha, a Jewish woman landowner who lived during...
war, although the Babatha archive shows that Jews lived there once again during the reign of Hadrian and probably earlier. The Babatha archive mentions...
skeletal remains of several families, garments, vessels, the archive of Babatha – featuring the documents of a upper-middle class woman – and a collection...
Betar Findings Bar Kokhba revolt coinage Bar Kokhba weights Archive of Babatha Literary sources Cassius Dio Rabbinic literature Babylonian Talmud Jerusalem...
Betar Findings Bar Kokhba revolt coinage Bar Kokhba weights Archive of Babatha Literary sources Cassius Dio Rabbinic literature Babylonian Talmud Jerusalem...
Betar Findings Bar Kokhba revolt coinage Bar Kokhba weights Archive of Babatha Literary sources Cassius Dio Rabbinic literature Babylonian Talmud Jerusalem...
out all financial obligations as individual components. The ketubah of Babatha, a 2nd-century woman who lived near the Dead Sea, was discovered in 1960...
Betar Findings Bar Kokhba revolt coinage Bar Kokhba weights Archive of Babatha Literary sources Cassius Dio Rabbinic literature Babylonian Talmud Jerusalem...
Betar Findings Bar Kokhba revolt coinage Bar Kokhba weights Archive of Babatha Literary sources Cassius Dio Rabbinic literature Babylonian Talmud Jerusalem...
Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1-351-67643-4. Esler, Philip F. (2017-02-15). Babatha's Orchard: The Yadin Papyri and an Ancient Jewish Family Tale Retold. Oxford...
Betar Findings Bar Kokhba revolt coinage Bar Kokhba weights Archive of Babatha Literary sources Cassius Dio Rabbinic literature Babylonian Talmud Jerusalem...
certain social stratum. Greek was also used in legal documents such as the Babatha Archives and the Bar Kokhba letters. The Septuagint, a Greek translation...
the following names: Jesus, Simon, Mariame, Jacobus and Judah (Papyri Babatha 17 from 128 CE; 25–26 and 34 from 131 CE). These people had nothing to...
"Typical and atypical Jewish family dynamics: The lives of Berenice and Babatha:, in David L. Balch et Carolyn A. Osiek, Early Christian Families in Context:...
Apuleius also wrote in Greek, and had learned Punic from his mother. The Babatha Archive is a suggestive example of practical multilingualism. These papyri...
Similarly cursive texts written with ink on papyrus were found as part of the Babatha archive. Some excavations have unearthed inscriptions on metallic objects...
JSTOR 20187128. Cotton, Hannah (1993). "The Guardianship of Jesus Son of Babatha: Roman and Local Law in the Province of Arabia". Journal of Roman Studies...
Betar Findings Bar Kokhba revolt coinage Bar Kokhba weights Archive of Babatha Literary sources Cassius Dio Rabbinic literature Babylonian Talmud Jerusalem...
twenty four[citation needed] human skeletons were found. The skeletons of Babatha, whose personal documents were famously discovered in the Cave of Letters...
Betar Findings Bar Kokhba revolt coinage Bar Kokhba weights Archive of Babatha Literary sources Cassius Dio Rabbinic literature Babylonian Talmud Jerusalem...
(Hebrew) “Julia Crispina Daughter of Berenicianus, A Herodian Princess in the Babatha Archive: A Case Study in Historical Identification,” The Jewish Quarterly...
Interpretation - Babatha: The Ancient Jewish Woman About Whom We Know Most". Archived from the original on 26 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2017. "Babatha's Orchard"...
(2006), Editor David S. Potter, Blackwell Publishing, 2006 "The Widow Babatha and the Poor Orphan Boy", Law in the documents of the Judaean desert, Editors...
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