Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 37

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 37
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 037
Current Location	Paris, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Publication Permission Status	no permission for publication necessary
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 16 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]

Object

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	complete
Mounting	(unknown)
Comments on Object	Mesurements and remarks from publication. Lozachmeur: cv: 7.5YR7/2 and 10YR6/4 ; cc: 2.5YR6/6 and 5YR6/4 ; two-coloured edge with white and bubbles.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	concave/convex (inside/outside)
Text-Localization, Addendum	cc perpendicular.
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Comments on Handwriting	Lozachmeur hand Ia.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x + 4 + y	x + 6 + y
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title

MIssive. Re Sealed Delivery

Text

Transcription

Translation

Pictures

HL (variants)

	cc
	1. שלמ [...]
	2. מחר ואו[שר ...]
	3. וקפתא בה [...]
	4. לכ למובל ◦[...]
	5. לה ולא
	6. ⸢חל⸣[ו ...]
	cv
	1. מהלפ {עק \| ענ}[...]
	2. תטבע אלנ[...]
	3. 𐡘 הו וחת[מ ...]
	4. לי זי אשר[ת ...]

1	שלמ
2	מחר ואושר
3	וקפתא בה
4	לכ למובל ◦
5	לה ●ולא ש ע
6	ט

1	מהלכ ע◦ ¹HL reads מהלפ from √לפפ C-stem part (HL p. 523). In the IR photograph that ink extends above the thnickness of the diagonal stroke, indicating that two strokes where made to form a crown. The top of the letter is written on the edge of the sherd, and did not facilitate well a articulated crown like that on כ cc 4.
2	תטבע אלפא ²The פ in אלפ is clearly not a נ as in HL.
3	𐡘 הוו חתמנ ³So too Lemaire, "Review," 180.
4	לי זי אשרת

¹ HL reads מהלפ from √לפפ C-stem part (HL p. 523). In the IR photograph that ink extends above the thnickness of the diagonal stroke, indicating that two strokes where made to form a crown. The top of the letter is written on the edge of the sherd, and did not facilitate well a articulated crown like that on כ cc 4.
² The פ in אלפ is clearly not a נ as in HL.
³ So too Lemaire, "Review," 180.

1	Greetings, [PN ...]
2	tomorrow. And I shall s[end ... ]
3	and the basket in/on it [...]
4	to you (m.s.) to carry ◦[...]
5	to him/her/it ●and not ◦[...]
6	⸢Ṭ⸣[...]

1	who goes wi[th (?) ...]
2	⸢the⸣ boat shall sink[...]
3	1 they have been seal[ing ...]
4	to me which [you/she] sen⸢t⸣[...]

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Places (read out from edition)

Dates

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				-525 BCE -399 BCE	;

Pictures

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Literature

Lozachmeur, Hélène, La collection Clermont-Ganneau : ostraca, épigraphes sur jarre étiquettes de bois (2006). (no. 37, pl.117.)

DatasetID	312921
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	James D. Moore, Emil Joubert (metadata)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 312921 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 37), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Emil Joubert (metadata) .