Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 116

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 116
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 116
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
Rotation	around vertical axis (side to side)
Range of Preservation	complete
Mounting	(unknown)
Comments on Object	Palimpsest. Mesurements and remarks from publication. Lozachmeur: cv: 5YR6/4 and 2.5YR6/4 ; cc: 2.5YR5/6.

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	x+4+y	x+3+y
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Missive. Fragmentary.
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Message too damaged to understand.
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Religion	unknown
Religion, further	unknown

Text

Transcription

Translation

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	HL's edition CC:
	1. בעי ל[...]
	2. ואוש◦[...]
	3. וברנ
	CV
	1. ⸣י⸢ על להי
	2. [...]ארחקה
	3. [...]גלא זא
	4. [...]א◦◦◦◦

1	בעי ל
2	ואוש⸢ר⸣
3	נפק ◦ ¹Ln. 3, פ: cf. ln. 1 ב, and note the short descenders in this hand. Ln. 2 agrees with Lemaire, “Review,” 181. Ln. 3 Lemaire suggests בק “jar”.

¹ Ln. 3, פ: cf. ln. 1 ב, and note the short descenders in this hand. Ln. 2 agrees with Lemaire, “Review,” 181. Ln. 3 Lemaire suggests בק “jar”.

1	⸢י⸣עללהי
2	ארחקה
3	גלא זא
4	א ◦◦◦

1	he sought / seek [...]
2	and I shall sen⸢d⸣[...]
3	he went down ◦[...]

1	[...]⸢he shall⸣ enter it
2	[...]I shall move it away ¹D-stem
3	[...]that (f.! s.) [...]GLˀ ²It is difficult to interpret the fem. dem. pro. in view of the first three letters. HL “herb” or “tas de pierres” is possible, but neither are expected to fem. without a final ה/ת. The term דגל is once attested with a gendered pronoun as masc., but in theory could be fem. (Brook. 47.218.93 ln. 2). Final alef so far never marks fem. forms in IA.
4	[...]ˀ ◦◦◦

¹ D-stem
² It is difficult to interpret the fem. dem. pro. in view of the first three letters. HL “herb” or “tas de pierres” is possible, but neither are expected to fem. without a final ה/ת. The term דגל is once attested with a gendered pronoun as masc., but in theory could be fem. (Brook. 47.218.93 ln. 2). Final alef so far never marks fem. forms in IA.

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Dates

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

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Literature

DatasetID	313000
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 313000 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 116), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Emil Joubert (metadata) .