Administrative document from Bactria dated to the seventh year of Alexander’s the Great’s reign (324 BC), bearing the first known use of the “Alexandros” form of his name.
Administrative document from Bactria dated to the seventh year of Alexander’s the Great’s reign (324 BC), bearing the first known use of the “Alexandros” form of his name.
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Why did I expect to be able to read this?
Title is a little misleading, these are Aramaic documents that use “Alexandros” instead of Iskandar, which would have been the expected form of the name in Aramaic. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalili_Collection_of_Aramaic_Documents