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Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 4

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 4
Publication Number Mémoires 35 no. 004
Current Location Paris, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Publication Permission Status permission for publication upon enquiry only
Publication Status published

Origin / Provenance

Ancient Provenance Site Elephantine (Ꜣbw; Yb; YbꜢ; YbꜤ; Ἐλεφαντίνη, יב , ⲉⲓⲏⲃ) [Trismegistos]
Certainty:
Ancient Provenance District Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Discovery archaeological excavation
Certainty:
Date of Discovery
Term. Ante / Post Quem Non		 between 3 3 1907 and
Finder (= First Purchaser) Clermont-Ganneau, Charles
Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution excavation finds

Object

Object Type ostracon
Range of Preservation complete
Mounting (unknown)
Comments on Object Palimpsest or erasure. Measurements and comments from the publication. Lozachmeur cv: 5YR5/3-4 qnd 7.5YR5/4; cc 5YR6/6-4; two-coloured edge with some white points.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object convex/concave (outside/inside)
Text-Localization, Addendum cc perpendicular
Script, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary Aramaic, Imperial
Comments on Handwriting Lozachmeur text hand Ia.
Comments on Text Layout Lozachmeur follows Cowley and Dupont-Sommers and restores a line on the top of cv. I see now grounds (based on the photo) to make this restoration. Besides, this would add a large amount of space on cc lines 4-6, which neither C. and D.-S. account for.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines 6+y 10+y
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Inscription on Sherd
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Fragmentary missive about the conveyance of silver.
Multilingualism Monolingual
Gender Man Child
Comment on Gender Note the mention of children.

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
concave
1Mémoires 35: ????.שלמ נתנ כענת זי של[חת לכ...] 2. כרשנ ???? המו כענ אנה[...] 3. כרשנ ???? ???????????? ???????????? ???????? ש ???????????? ???????? [...] 4. כ ???????? וחלרנ ???????????? למה◦[...] 5. ???? ???????????? ???????? בכס⸣פ⸢ [...] 6. וברה [...]
1שלמ נתנ כענת זי שלחת לך
2 כרשנ ???? המו כענ אנה
3כרשנ ???? ???????????? ???????????? ???????? ש ???????????? ????????
4כ ???????? וחלרנ ???????????? למהב
5???? ???????????? ???????? בכספ
6וברה

1 Mémoires 35: ????.שלמ נתנ כענת זי של[חת לכ...] 2. כרשנ ???? המו כענ אנה[...] 3. כרשנ ???? ???????????? ???????????? ???????? ש ???????????? ???????? [...] 4. כ ???????? וחלרנ ???????????? למה◦[...] 5. ???? ???????????? ???????? בכס⸣פ⸢ [...] 6. וברה [...]
convex
1Mémoires 35: ????. [...] 2. ולא ת◦◦◦[...] 3. אפ ה [...] 4. בסונ אחריכנ 5. ⸣ב⸢כספ אפ ◦◦ ולא ת[...] 6. אל תנתנ המו בכ⸣ס⸢[פ...] 7. בכ בהמ[...] 8. אל תלקח כע[נ...] 9. [ל]כמ זי לא ינ[...] 9. לינקא /זי\[...] 10. ש[לחת...]
1 ולא תנתנ א
2אפ השכחתה
3בסונ אחריכנ
4בכספ כ ???????? ולא תא מר כל ?
5אל תנתנ המו בכספ
6ש ???????? עד בכ בהמ
7אל תלקח כענ
8לכמ זי לא ינתנ
9לינקא
10שלחת

1 Mémoires 35: ????. [...] 2. ולא ת◦◦◦[...] 3. אפ ה [...] 4. בסונ אחריכנ 5. ⸣ב⸢כספ אפ ◦◦ ולא ת[...] 6. אל תנתנ המו בכ⸣ס⸢[פ...] 7. בכ בהמ[...] 8. אל תלקח כע[נ...] 9. [ל]כמ זי לא ינ[...] 9. לינקא /זי\[...] 10. ש[לחת...]
concave
1Greetings, Nathan. Now se[nt you …]
210 keraš them. Now, I […]
318 keraš, 6 s(hekel) […]
42 c(ups[?]) and 3 ḥallourin to give(?)[…]
525 with silver ◦[…]
6and his/her son […]
convex
1And you shall not give ˀ◦[…]
2Morever, I found it ◦◦[…]
3in Syene after you
4in/with silver, 2 c(ups[?]). And you shall not {s[ay]|co[nsume}[…]
5Do not pay them in silve[r …]
62 s(hekels). Until with you, with them[…]
7Do not take. Now, […]
8[to] you (pl.) whom he/they will not pay/give[…]
9to the infant […]
10[I] s[ent …]
Paris_AIBL_CIS_CG-4_S1
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Places (read out from edition)
  • סונ (places.xml#s8)
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    People mentioned in Text

    ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
    22700 man Nathan (in ostraca address line) נתנ (in ostraca address line) Aramaic, Imperial

     

    Dates

    RulerID Regnal Year MonthID Day Date of the Text Gregorian Date dating_comment
    27th dynasty ;

     

    Pictures

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    Literature

     

    DatasetID 312888
    last Change 29.07.2022
    Author James D. Moore
    Dataset License Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
    (CC BY-NC-SA)
    Data set citation Data set 312888 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 4), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore.