Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 229

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 229
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 229
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: 2.5YR6/4.

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 Ib.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+7+y	x+7+y
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Missive. Fragmentary
Text Types	documentary Documentary \| Jar Label
Summary of Content	Context is unclear. Egyptian loan words appear.
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Gender	Man
Comment on Gender	Yahyešmaˁ metnioned, though this may be an androgenous name.

Text

Transcription

Translation

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	HL's edition CC:
	1. כענ ◦[...]
	2. נגנג◦[...]
	3. גלגלתא
	4. ליהישמע
	5. פכלול 𐡘 ו[...]
	6. הי הלו[...]
	7. [...]נ◦[...]
	CV
	1. [...]◦ עליכמ
	2. [...]מסת עת{ה\| 𐡘𐡘}
	3. [...{ו\|ר}]ה לכמ הלו
	4. [...]והנ לאתי
	5. [...פ]כלול 𐡘 וחפנ
	6. [...]ל{א\|י} מסכ [...]
	7. [...]שר [...]

1	כענ ◦
2	נגנגא ¹A dot begins the line, but this may be a remnant from the palimpsest. For נגנג, cf. no. 217.
3	גלגלתא
4	ליהישמע
5	פכלול 𐡘 ●ו◦ ²The overwritten text appears to have had an erasure. Afterward, a dot was written that precedes the ו. HL mistook this for a superlinear ו at the end of the next line.
6	הי הל
7	ב◦

¹ A dot begins the line, but this may be a remnant from the palimpsest. For נגנג, cf. no. 217.
² The overwritten text appears to have had an erasure. Afterward, a dot was written that precedes the ו. HL mistook this for a superlinear ו at the end of the next line.

1	◦ש עליכמ
2	מסת עתח
3	◦ה לכמ הלו
4	והנ לאתי
5	פכלול 𐡘 וחפנ
6	א מסכ
7	הושר

1	Now, ◦[...]
2	⸢the⸣ memo (?)[...]
3	the wheel [...] ¹Perhaps a mill stone or skull?
4	to Yahyešmaˁ (fem. ?)
5	1 PKLWL ●and ◦[...]
6	she/it is HL[...]
7	[...]B◦[...]

¹ Perhaps a mill stone or skull?

1	[...]◦Š to you (m.p.)
2	[...] measure/limit of his/her/its time
3	[...]◦H to you (m.p.). Indeed,
4	[...]and if there is not
5	[...] 1 [P]KLWL and handful(-sized measuring cups ?) ¹HL rightly notes the problem with the syntax should one read “handful”. The expected order should be Item Measure #. PKLWL does not appear to be a measure (HL, p. 373 n. 482).
6	[...]ˀ( )MSK ² Unclear if there is a word break between ˀ and M.
7	[... se]nd/t

¹ HL rightly notes the problem with the syntax should one read “handful”. The expected order should be Item Measure #. PKLWL does not appear to be a measure (HL, p. 373 n. 482).
² Unclear if there is a word break between ˀ and M.

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
37110	woman	Yahyešmaˁ	יהישמע	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

Lozachmeur, Hélène, La collection Clermont-Ganneau : ostraca, épigraphes sur jarre étiquettes de bois (2006). (no. 229, pl. 249.)

DatasetID	313113
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 313113 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 229), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore.