Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 169
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Metadata
Collection
| Inventory Number |
Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 169 |
| Publication Number |
Mémoires 35 no. 169; TAD D.7.2 |
| 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 29 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 |
Palimpsest.
Mesurements and remarks from publication.
Lozachmeur: cv: 7.5YR6/4-6 ; cc: 5YR6/4 ; fragment under break: 5YR6/6. |
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 Ic. |
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recto |
verso |
| Quantity of Lines |
4 |
6 |
| Height of Line / Letter |
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Text Content
| Modern Title |
Missive to ˀAḥûṭab. Re Salt |
| Text Types |
- documentary
- documentary | letter
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| Summary of Content |
Missive from an unknown sender to ˀAḥûṭab requesting salt be sent. |
| Gender |
Woman |
| Religion |
unknown |
| Religion, further |
unknown |
Text
| Transcription |
Translation |
Pictures |
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| | cc. 1. [ש]למ אחוטב כענ הושרי
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| | cc. 2. לי זעיר מלח יומא זנה
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| | cc. 3. והנ מלח לאית בביתא
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| | cc. 4. זבנו מנ אלפי עבורא
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| | cc. 5. זי ביב הלו
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| | cc. 6. לאיתי לי
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| | cv. 1. מלח למשמ ב⸢קמ⸣ח 𐡘
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1 | | שלמ אחוטב כענ הושרי |
2 | | לי זעיר מלח יומא זנה |
3 | | והנ מלח לאית בביתא |
4 | |
זבנו
זבני
) מנ אלפי עבורא |
5 | | זי ביב הלו |
6 | | לאיתי לי
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1 | | [Gr]eetings, ˀAḥûṭab. Now, send
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2 | | me a little salt this day.
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3 | | And if there is no salt in the house,
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4 | | buy (m.p. err for f.s.) from the boats of grain
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5 | | which are in Yeb. Indeed,
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6 | | I, myself, have no
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1 | | salt to put in 1 (serving of) flour.
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| Places (read out from edition) יב (places.xml#3) |
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People mentioned in Text
| ID |
gender |
en normiert |
original |
Language |
Functions |
in Texts |
| 39845 |
woman |
ˀAḥûṭab |
אחוטב |
Aramaic, Imperial |
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Dates
| RulerID |
Regnal Year |
MonthID |
Day Date of the Text |
Gregorian Date |
dating_comment |
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-525 BCE -399 BCE |
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Pictures
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Literature
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Grelot, Pierre, Documents araméens d’Égypte (1972). (no. 19)
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Lozachmeur, Hélène, La collection Clermont-Ganneau : ostraca, épigraphes sur jarre étiquettes de bois (2006). (no. 169, pl. 203.)
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Porten, Bezalel & Yardeni, Ada, Textbook of Aramaic Documents from Ancient Egypt, 4: Ostraca & assorted inscriptions. (D7.2)
| DatasetID |
313053 |
| 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 313053 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 169), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Emil Joubert (metadata) . |
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