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Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 159

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 159
Publication Number Mémoires 35 no. 159
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 19 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 Mesurements and remarks from publication. Lozachmeur: cv: 5YR7/3 ; cc: 2.5YR6/4.

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 Unusual mention of the "great north wind."
Location of Composition Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism Monolingual
Religion unknown
Religion, further unknown

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
HL (variants)
cc. 1. [...הו]שרי לי
cc. 2. [...]{ס|כ}תנא רבתא
cc. 3. [...כ]⸢ענ קב⸣ ◦[...]
cv. 1–2. ◦◦◦ / ◦◦◦ר
cv. 3. כענ ⸢ל⸣◦◦◦ ל[◦...]
CC
1הושרי לי
2אסתנא רבתא
3כענ קב 𐡘
CV
1ה... כל
2כענ ◦◦ א
CC
1[... s]⸢e⸣nd (f.s.) me
2[... ]the great [no]rth wind
3[... N]ow, ⸢1⸣ qa⸢b⸣
CV
1⸢H... all⸣[ ...]
2Now, ◦◦ ⸢ˀ⸣[...]
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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 313043
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 313043 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 159), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Emil Joubert (metadata) .