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Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 79

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 79
Publication Number Mémoires 35 no. 079 + Mémoires 35 no. 160 = Mémoires 35 no. J11
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:
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: 5YR6/3 and 5/4 ; cc: 2.5YR4/6 ; edge: 5YR6/6.

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
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+5+y x+4+y
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Missive. Fragmentary.
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Missive referring to women and luxury commodoties/supplies.
Location of Composition Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual
Gender Woman
Religion unknown
Religion, further unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
variants
HL's edition CC:
79
1. [...]ת לי [...]
2. [...נ]⸣פ⸢ק אתמל [...]
3. [...]תה ג⸣פנ⸢תא ◦[...]
4. [...א]חטב ◦◦◦[...]
160
1. [...◦]תבא רקחא [...]
2. [...]⸣ב⸢ חפנ 𐡘[...]
3. [...]לכ ב⸣רכ⸢ ◦[...]
4. [...]{כ|ר}ת [...]
CV
79
1. לחמ
160
1. ⸣מנה קבר⸢[...]
2. ⸣ו אפ לה⸢
3. ⸣{מ|נ}ו⸢נכ
4. כ
no. 79 + no. 160
CC
1ת לי
2[...נ]פק אתמל ◦
3תה גפנתא ◦
4 אחטב אפמ
5תבא רקחא
6ת חפנ 𐡘
7לכ ב⸢חפנ⸣
8◦ת
CV
1...
2...
3◦◦◦◦◦ ◦◦
4 לחמ ◦◦◦ 1The CV pal is written 90 degrees to the overwritten text.

1 The CV pal is written 90 degrees to the overwritten text.
CV pal
1◦ מלח ◦◦◦
2...{ד|ר}א עלוה
3...נינכ
CC
1[...]you[...] to me[...]
2[...]he went out yesterday ◦[...]
3[...]TH the vi⸢n⸣es(?) ◦[...]
4[... A]ḥuṭab. Nevertheless [...]
5[...]Tabaˀ(.) The perfume/apothecary
6[...]⸢G⸣, 1 handful
7[...]LK with ⸢a handful⸣
8[...]◦T
CV
1[...]...[...]
2[...]...[...]
3[...]◦◦◦◦◦ ◦◦[...]
4[...] bread ◦◦◦[...]
CV pal
1[...]◦ salt ◦◦◦[...]
2[...]...{D|R}ˀ ⸢t⸣o her
3[...]... your (m.s.) [... (m.p.)]
Paris_AIBL_CIS_CG-079+
CC-BY-NC-SA
     
Places (read out from edition)

 

People mentioned in Text

ID gender en normiert original Language Functions in Texts
39345 woman Aḥuṭab אחטב Aramaic, Imperial

 

Dates

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

 

Pictures

Paris_AIBL_CIS_CG-079+
CC-BY-NC-SA

 

Literature

 

DatasetID 312963
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 312963 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL CIS, Clermont-Ganneau no. 79), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Emil Joubert (metadata) .