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Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 228

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 228
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 228; TAD D.7.5
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:
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 ; cc: 2.5YR5-6/8.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	concave/convex (inside/outside)
Text-Localization, Addendum	cc oblique.
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Comments on Handwriting	Lozachmeur hand Ia.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+5+y	x+5+y
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Letter from Mikayah to ˀAḥûṭab. Re Commodities Sent.
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	The letter uses the formal salutation "From PN to PN", which is known from official administrative letters on papyrus (from superiors to subordinates). Cryptic instructions for ˀAḥûṭab to "sift" the large from the small, to give wood to Petosiri, and to find leather.
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Gender	Man Woman
Comment on Gender	ˀAḥûṭab directed to facilitate product delivery and order.

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	HL's edition follows TAD D7.5, CC:
	1. מנ מיכיה על א[חוטב...]
	2. שלמכי כענת חזי [...]
	3. רבתא ואפ זעירתא[...]
	4. אל ינפי מנהמ הלו[...]
	5. שגא זי לא
	CV
	1. [...] המ חזי עקא זי
	2. [...הושר]ת לכי ביד פמנ הבהי
	3. [...לפטו]סרי אפ בעי גלדא
	4. [...זי ]אמרת לכי הלו עליכי
	5. [...]הו אל יאבד

CC

1	מנ מיכיה על אחוטב
2	שלמכי כענת חזי
3	רבתא ואפ זעירתא
4	אל ינפי מנהמ הלו
5	שגא זי לא

CV

1	המ חזי עקא זי
2	הושרת לכי ביד פמנ הבהי
3	לפטוסרי אפ בעי גלדא
4	זי אמרת לכי הלו עליכי
5	הו אל יאבד

CC pal

1	...
2	אל ...
3	לידי...
4	... בעו...
5	למ...

CC

1	From Mikayah to ˀA[ḥûṭab ...]
2	your (f.s.) welfare. Now, look
3	the large one and also the small one [...]
4	It must not be sifted from them. Indeed[...]
5	the many which are not

CV

1	[...]them. Look at the wood, which
2	[...]I[ sent] to you (f.s.) in the hand of Pamun. Give (f.s.)
3	[...to Peto]siri. Moreover, seek (f.s.) the leather
4	[...which ]I said to you (f.s.). Indeed to you (f.s.)
5	[...] it must not go missing.

CC pal

1	[...]...[...]
2	not...[...]
3	in my possession ... [...]
4	... they sought...[...]
5	saying, ....[...]

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People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
37090	man	Mikayah	מיכיה	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	313112
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 313112 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 228), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore.