This volume continues the series
Textbook of Aramaic Documents (TAD) begun with vol. 1, Letters (1986), vol. 2,
Contracts (1989), and vol.3 Literature, Accounts, Lists. The standard set by previous volumes is maintained
here, and the authors are to be congratulated for producing an edition that,
without exaggeration, deserves to be called definitive.
Published in 1999, vol. 4 is subtitled Ostraca and Assorted Inscriptions.
It is
the biggest of the four volumes with 24
chapters, divided as follows: D1-5 Papyrus fragments; D6 Leather fragments;
D7-11 Ceramic Inscriptions; D8 Accounts; D9 Lists; D10 Abecedaries; D11 Jars;
D12 Stone Plaques; D13 Wooden Plaques; D14 Seals, Bullae, Stamps; D15 Libation
Bowls; D16 Statuettes; D17 Dedication stone; D18-21 Funerary Inscriptions; D22
Graffiti; D23 Sheikh Fadl Cave inscription; D24 Aramaica Dubiosa.There are, of
course, indices, bibliography and a map along with all the
features described in the notice on volume 3.
