Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 152

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Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 152
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 152; TAD D.7.16
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 5 1 1908 and
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	Erasure. Mesurements and remarks from publication. Lozachmeur: cv: 7.5YR6/4 ; cc: 2.5YR5/4-6.

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
Comments on Handwriting	Lozachmeur hand Ia.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5	8
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Missive to Yislaḥ. Vegetables and Barley
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Gender	Woman
Comment on Gender	Yislaḥ the addressee is a woman here. She is said not to trust. Mešullemeth nor Šemaˁyah that former of whom is a woman, and so may be the later.

Text

Transcription

Translation

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1	שלמ יסלח כענת הא בקלא אוש
2	ר מחר ערקי אלפא מחר בשבה
3	למה הנ יאבד חי ליהה הנ לא נפשכי
4	אלקח אל תתכלי על משלמת
5	ועל שמעיה כענ החלפי לי שערנ
6	ובעי 𐡘 ואחט המו בקל כענת
7	חי ליהה הנ לא על
8	נפשכי

1	◦◦◦◦נה על דבר תקב◦ תקט◦ מה◦◦◦ ¹Perhaps תקבה, a type of Egyptian vessel.
2	הושרת תחת חמא להוד◦◦◦ להור◦◦◦ ²The second ו is written on the pot’s throw line and is defective. What TAD sees as a ל is the head of an א.
3	הושרתה הנ משלמת ◦◦ ◦צ◦/◦\
4	זי אנתי מה תאמרנ תחזינ אנפי
5	ואחזה אפיכי

¹ Perhaps תקבה, a type of Egyptian vessel.
² The second ו is written on the pot’s throw line and is defective. What TAD sees as a ל is the head of an א.

1	Greetings, Yislaḥ. Now, certainly the vegetables I shall sen-
2	d tomorrow. Meet the boat tomorrow on the Sabbath,
3	lest it be lost. By the life of Yahô! If not, yo[ur] (f.s.) soul
4	I shall take. You must not trust Mešullemeth
5	nor Šemaˁyah. Now, exchange for me barley.
6	And seek (f.s.) 1. And I shall inspect them swiftly (?) / (like) vegetables. Now,
7	By the life of Yahô! if (this is) not (so, it is) on
8	your soul!

1	◦◦◦◦NH, therefore, {TQB◦ \| TQṬ◦} MH◦◦◦
2	send under/in exchange of the straw. To HW{D\|R}◦◦◦
3	I sent it. If Me⸢šullemeth⸣ ◦◦◦⸢Ṣ⸣◦\◦/
4	which, you (f.s.), what shall you say? Shall you see my face,
5	and shall I see your (f.s.) face?

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
37460	woman	Mešullemeth	משלמת	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

DatasetID	313036
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 313036 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 152), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Emil Joubert (metadata) .