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T h e r e i s n o l o n g e r a n y r e a s o n f o r r e j e c t i n g t h e e v i d e n c e o f t h e ' L e t t e r o f A r i s t e a s ' (13) c o n c e r n i n g J e w i s h prisoners of w a r s e t t l e d i n s t r o n g h o l d s b y P t o l e m y I (of c o u r s e , t h e n u m b e r of 30,000 m u s t b e t r e a t e d w i t h r e s e r v e ) : t h e w e l l - k n o w n A r a m a i c papyri from Elephantine h a v e shown u s t h a t in Persian times, a n d e v e n b e f o r e , J e w i s h g a r r i s o n s w e r e s e t t l e d i n frontier f o r t r e s s e s .
464 s q q . ) . J e w i s h v i n e dressers are r e c o r d e d o n l y o n c e : S a m u e l a n d A l e x a n d e r , w h o f a r m e d f r o m Z e n o n a v i n e y a r d of 60 a r o u r a i ( N o s . 14, 15). J e w i s h s h e p h e r d s are m e n t i o n e d far m o r e f r e q u e n t l y i n t h e p a p y r i ( N o s . 9, 38, 39, 412). S h e p h e r d s i n E g y p t w e r e o f t e n s h e e p - o w n e r s a n d d e a l e r s in w o o l t o o , a n d t h e c o m m e r c e in w h i c h t h e y w e r e e n g a g e d s o m e t i m e s l e d t h e m i n t o a c t i o n s of a d u b i o u s n a t u r e (No.
956; R o s t o w z e w , Studien zur Gesch. des romisch. Kolonats, 1910, 11 s q . ; Kiessling, Actes du 5* Congres, 216 sqq. PROLEGOMENA i6 e n g a g e i n v a r i o u s affairs i n n o w a y c o n n e c t e d w i t h m i l i t a r y s e r v i c e or w i t h agriculture. W e h a v e n o d e t a i l e d i n f o r m a t i o n a b o u t t h e s o c i a l s t a n d i n g of t h e o t h e r J e w i s h f a r m e r s referred t o i n t h e d o c u m e n t s . W h o w e r e t h e p e a s a n t s i n U p p e r E g y p t w i t h t h e H e b r e w a n d o t h e r S e m i t i c n a m e s w h i c h a p p e a r so often in t h e o s t r a k a ?