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Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 179

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Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 179
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 179
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 20 2 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: 2.5YR5/6 ; 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+6	x+6
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Missive. Fragmentary. Re degal-unit affairs
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	The fragmentary content refers to "our degal-unit" and a decree that presumably affects the unit.
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Religion	unknown
Religion, further	unknown

Dates

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

Pictures

Paris_AIBL_CIS_CG-179_

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Literature

Lozachmeur, Hélène, La collection Clermont-Ganneau : ostraca, épigraphes sur jarre étiquettes de bois (2006). (no. 179, pl. 211.)

DatasetID	313063
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 313063 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 179), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore, Emil Joubert (metadata) .