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Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 42

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 42
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 042
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 18 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: 5YR6/3-4 ; cc: 5YR6/4. Edge with handle: 174 mm.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	concave/convex (inside/outside)
Text-Localization, Addendum	cc parallel.
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Comments on Handwriting	Lozachmeur hand Ia.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	8	9
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Missive. Re Official Boat Update, Sealed Fruit, Garment, and Reed Mat
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	יהוטל may be a woman.

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HL (variants)

	cc
	1. ⸢ניא⸣ כמא דגלנ אמר לכ{י\|מ}
	2. כענ שאל בית פמנ על
	3. אשלא ועל אלפא אפ עלבית
	4. ברקא עמ זי הוה בה אפ
	5. שאל לשלמ ו לגדול עלי
	6. [...]כזי הוו בבית תנכתא
	7. [...]שלח לי הנ מבלא
	8. [...ל]כ ענב⸢י⸣[ ...]
	9. [...]חתמ ז/י\[ ...]
	cv
	1. [... א]פ הנ יהב לכ פטחנמ
	2. מנדעמ או איש אחרנ
	3. והנ יהב לכ כנתנ אפ מה
	4. אמר תתאי שלח לי כלא
	5. הושר לי רקעתא
	6. ערקו אלפא מחר
	7. ואושר {ק\|צ}פתא[ ...]
	8. ליהוטל [...]

CC

1	הא כמה דגלנ אמר לכמ
2	כענ שאל בית פמנ על
3	אשלא ועל אלפא אפ על בית
4	ברקא עמ זי הוה בה אפ
5	שאל לשלמ ולגדול עליהמ
6	כזי הוו בבית תנכתא
7	שלח לי הנ מטא
8	לכ ענבי
9	חתמיא

CV

1	אפ הנ יהב לכ פטחנמ עמ
2	מנדעמ או איש אחרנ
3	והנ יהב לכ כנתנ אפ מה
4	אמר תתאי שלח לי כלא
5	הושר לי רקעתא
6	ערקו אלפא מחר
7	ואושר צפתא
8	ליהוטל

CC

1	⸢In⸣deed, as our degal-unit said to you (m.p.):
2	now, the house of Pamun inquired about
3	the rope(-measure) and about the boat, even about the house of
4	Barqaˀ (along) with whoever was in it. Moreover,
5	it inquired of Šillem and Gaddûl about them
6	when they were in the house of Tnktˀ.
7	Send (word) to me, if one reaches
8-9	you (m.s.) with the sealed grapes/raisins.

CV

1	Even if Peṭḥnum gives to you (m.s.) ⸢with⸣
2	something or another man.
3	Or if our colleague gives to you (m.s.). Moreover, what
4	Tataˀay said, send to me to the whole (message).
5	Send me the rqˁ-garment.
6	Meet (m.p.) the boat tomorrow,
7	and I will send the reed mat
8	to Yahôṭal

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
36845	man	Barqaˀ	ברקא	Aramaic, Imperial

Dates

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

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Literature

Lozachmeur, Hélène, La collection Clermont-Ganneau : ostraca, épigraphes sur jarre étiquettes de bois (2006). (no. 42, pl. 121.)

DatasetID	312926
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 312926 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 42), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Emil Joubert (metadata) .