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Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 118

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Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 118
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 118
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 horizontal axis (top to bottom)
Range of Preservation	complete
Mounting	(unknown)
Comments on Object	Erased. Mesurements and remarks from publication. Lozachmeur: cv: 7.5YR6/2-4 ; cc: 5YR5/4-6.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	concave/convex (inside/outside)
Inks and Pigments	carbon ink monochrome black
Range of Preservation (Text)	complete
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Comments on Handwriting	Lozachmeur hand Ia.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	6+y	8
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Fragmentary Missive. Re: Cedars
Text Types	documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Broken letter. Possibly referring to the delivery of a servant, and discussion of compensation.
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Religion	unknown

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	HL's edition CC:
	1. [...כ]ענ של{י\|[ח]}ת לכ
	2. [...]יתי לכ עבדכ
	3. [...ל]י ואתה ⸣פ⸢ק
	4. [...]⸣{מ\|ו}⸢ יומ 𐡘 קדמ◦[ ◦...]
	5. [...]{כ\|ב}י באר{ע\|ז}א
	6. [...] ⸣זי⸢ [...]
	CV
	0. ◦◦◦ה visible traces
	1. [...]◦◦◦של◦◦
	2. [...]◦◦◦{ע\|י}הפקה⸣י⸢
	3. [...]⸣בי ערק{ו\|נ}⸢ אלפא ◦◦
	4. [...]◦ כענ שלמ ◦◦
	5. [...]⸣ל{ו\|מ}⸢ כענ ⸣הא⸢[...]
	6. [...]◦שמע◦[...]
	7. [...] ◦◦[...]

CC

1	⸢כ⸣ענ של⸢ח⸣ת לכ
2	[... א]יתי לכ עבדכ
3	◦י ואתה פק
4	י יומ 𐡘 קדמ⸢ת⸣
5	◦◦ בארזא
6	⸢זי⸣

CV

1	◦ ◦ ◦ ◦
2	◦◦ ⸢א⸣הפקה⸢י⸣
3	◦⸢בי⸣ ערקו אלפא
4	◦ כענ שלמ
5	לי כענ הא
6	◦( )שמע⸢נ⸣
7	⸢ל⸣

CC

1	⸢N⸣ow, I sen⸢t⸣ you (m.s.) (word)
2	[... th]ere is to you/I shall bring you (m.s.) your servant
3	[... ]◦Y. And come! Go down
4	[...]Y 1 day. Befor⸢e⸣
5	[...]◦◦ with/in the cedar
6	[...]◦◦

CV

1	[...]◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ [...]
2	[...]◦◦ ⸢I shall⸣ bring it down
3	[...]◦⸢BY⸣. Meet (m.p.) the boat!
4	[...]◦ Now, greet
5	[...]to me (?). Now, indeed
6	[...]hearing / shall hear
7	[...]⸢L⸣

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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

Lozachmeur, Hélène, La collection Clermont-Ganneau : ostraca, épigraphes sur jarre étiquettes de bois (2006). (no. 118, pl. 167.)

DatasetID	313002
last Change	29.07.2022
Author	James D. Moore (collated from picture and reedited), Emil Joubert (metadata)
Dataset License	Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA)
Data set citation	Data set 313002 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 118), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore (collated from picture and reedited), Emil Joubert (metadata) .