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Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 45

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Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 45
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 045
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 15 3 1907 and 24 5 1907
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	Palimpsest or erasure. Mesurements and remarks from publication. Lozachmeur: cv: 7.5YR5/4 and 10YR6/4 ; cc: 2.5YR5/4-6 ; edge 5YR5/6 with bubbles and white points.

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 + 7 + y	x + 7 + y
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Missive to Natan. Re Item Sent and Advice to Buy Item
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter

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	cc
	1. שלמ נתנ כע⸢נ⸣
	2. הושרת לי ב[...]
	3. לי ב{ר\|ו}◦◦ ⸢כ⸣ענת {י\|א}[...]
	4. תאכלנ [◦◦◦◦ע]⸢ל⸣דבר[...]
	5. זי מזבננ [◦◦] אל זבנ[...]
	6. עמחר וי{ו\|מ}מרו ◦[...]
	7. [...]⸢ל⸣וגה ◦[...]
	cv
	1. ◦◦◦כ◦◦◦◦◦◦
	2. שאר◦◦◦ לי ח
	3. ◦◦◦◦◦◦לתנ
	4. כענ ◦◦◦ פ{ד\|ר}◦◦◦ כל
	5. תנה זנה ◦◦◦
	6. ◦◦◦ זה
	7. ◦◦◦

CC

1	שלמ נתנ כענ
2	הושרת לי ב
3	לי {בקב 𐡘 \| בקפת} כענת ל
4	תאכלנ עלדבר
5	זי מזבננ כלא זבנ ¹Lemaire, "Review," 180: ולא זבנ
6	[ל]כ מחד ויאמרונ ²So too Lemaire, "Review," 180.
7	דוגה ³Cf. ADAB C1.29.

¹ Lemaire, "Review," 180: ולא זבנ
² So too Lemaire, "Review," 180.
³ Cf. ADAB C1.29.

CC

1	Greetings, Nathan. Now, [...]
2	you sent to me B[...]
3	to me {with 1 qab \| in a basket}. Now, ⸢L⸣◦[...]
4	you may eat...on account of
5	that which they are selling, buy (m.s.) all of it
6	[for] ⸢yourself⸣ tomorrow. And they may say[ ...]
7	[... ]its/his/her sour milk ◦[...]

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
36895	man	Natan	נתנ	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. 45, pl. 123.)

DatasetID	312929
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 312929 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 45), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Emil Joubert (metadata) .