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| Inventory Number | Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 203 |
| Publication Number | Mémoires 35 no. 203 |
| Current Location | Paris, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres |
| Publication Permission Status | no permission for publication necessary |
| Publication Status | published |
| 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 Type | ostracon |
| Range of Preservation | complete |
| Mounting | (unknown) |
| Comments on Object | The ostracon appears to have an illegible palimpsest. The sherd may have been larger for the palimpsest composition (Moore). Mesurements and remarks from publication. Lozachmeur: cv: 10YR6/3-4 ; cc: 2.5YR5/4-6. |
| Localization of Text on Object | concave/convex (inside/outside) | |
| Text-Localization, Addendum | cc parallel. | |
| Inks and Pigments | carbon ink monochrome black | |
| Range of Preservation (Text) | complete | |
| Script, Primary | Aramaic, Imperial | |
| Language, Primary | Aramaic, Imperial | |
| Comments on Handwriting | See comments on object. Lozachmeur hand Ib. The writer appears to have doubley written over many characters on CC. CV appears to have been written with a different stylus and contains a correction CV ln. 2 and a possible errasure CV ln. 3. | |
| Modern Title | Missive. Fragmentary. Re Regional Business and an Important Woman. |
| Text Types |
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| Summary of Content | Letter to one Nathan. Mentions one Espemet, who may be boatman on Elephantine, and a positively portrayed woman. |
| Location of Composition | Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: high) |
| Gender | Woman Man |
| Comment on Gender | The letter mentions a woman who is called "agreeable". The meaning is uncertain, it is likely a pael participle or passive participle. It can mean informed/knowledgeable or renown. Nonetheless, the unknown woman is either socially or intellectually valued. Also, mentions the addressee's (Nathan's) mother. This may be the same woman. |
| Religion | unknown |
| Transcription | Translation | Pictures | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 Different stylus than CC. 2 A dot sits above the line. 3 The letters may belong to the palimpsest, הנ נתנ 4 The words ברתכ and יומ appear to be part of the palimpsest. |
1 Lozachmeur: enviée |
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| Places (read out from edition) |
| ID | gender | en normiert | original | Language | Functions | in Texts |
| 19925 | man | Espemet bar | אספמת בר | Aramaic, Imperial |
| RulerID | Regnal Year | MonthID | Day Date of the Text | Gregorian Date | dating_comment |
| -525 BCE -399 BCE | ; |
| Paris_AIBL_CIS_CG-203_ |
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| CC-BY-NC-SA |
| DatasetID | 313087 |
| last Change | 29.07.2022 |
| Author | James D. Moore |
| Dataset License | Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA) |
| Data set citation | Data set 313087 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 203), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore. |
