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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

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	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 ????[...]
	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

1	ת לי
2	[...נ]פק אתמל ◦
3	תה גפנתא ◦
4	אחטב אפמ
5	תבא רקחא
6	ת חפנ ????
7	לכ 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.)]

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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	;

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Literature

Lozachmeur, Hélène, La collection Clermont-Ganneau : ostraca, épigraphes sur jarre étiquettes de bois (2006). (no. 79, pl. 145.)

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) .