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: 𐡘.שלמ נתנ כענת זי של[חת לכ...] 2. כרשנ 𐡛 המו כענ אנה[...] 3. כרשנ 𐡛 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘 ש 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘 [...] 4. כ 𐡘𐡘 וחלרנ 𐡘𐡘𐡘 למה◦[...] 5. 𐡜 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘 בכס⸣פ⸢ [...] 6. וברה [...]

1	שלמ נתנ כענת זי שלחת לך
2	כרשנ 𐡛 המו כענ אנה
3	כרשנ 𐡛 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘 ש 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘
4	כ 𐡘𐡘 וחלרנ 𐡘𐡘𐡘 למהב
5	𐡜 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘 בכספ
6	וברה

¹ Mémoires 35: 𐡘.שלמ נתנ כענת זי של[חת לכ...] 2. כרשנ 𐡛 המו כענ אנה[...] 3. כרשנ 𐡛 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘 ש 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘 [...] 4. כ 𐡘𐡘 וחלרנ 𐡘𐡘𐡘 למה◦[...] 5. 𐡜 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘 בכס⸣פ⸢ [...] 6. וברה [...]

convex

¹Mémoires 35: 𐡘. [...] 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
2	אפ השכחתה
3	בסונ אחריכנ
4	בכספ כ 𐡘𐡘 ולא תא מר כל ?
5	אל תנתנ המו בכספ
6	ש 𐡘𐡘 עד בכ בהמ
7	אל תלקח כענ
8	לכמ זי לא ינתנ
9	לינקא
10	שלחת

¹ Mémoires 35: 𐡘. [...] 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

1	Greetings, Nathan. Now se[nt you …]
2	10 keraš them. Now, I […]
3	18 keraš, 6 s(hekel) […]
4	2 c(ups[?]) and 3 ḥallourin to give(?)[…]
5	25 with silver ◦[…]
6	and his/her son […] convex
1	And you shall not give ˀ◦[…]
2	Morever, I found it ◦◦[…]
3	in Syene after you
4	in/with silver, 2 c(ups[?]). And you shall not {s[ay]\|co[nsume}[…]
5	Do not pay them in silve[r …]
6	2 s(hekels). Until with you, with them[…]
7	Do not take. Now, […]
8	[to] you (pl.) whom he/they will not pay/give[…]
9	to the infant […]
10	[I] s[ent …]

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Places (read out from edition)

סונ (places.xml#s8)

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					;

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Literature

Lozachmeur, Hélène, La collection Clermont-Ganneau : ostraca, épigraphes sur jarre étiquettes de bois (2006). (no. 4, pl. 95.)

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.