Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 233

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Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 233
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 233
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: 5YR6/4 ; cc: 2.5YR6/4-6.

Text Basic Information

Localization of Text on Object	concave/convex (inside/outside)
Text-Localization, Addendum	cc perpendicular
Script, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Language, Primary	Aramaic, Imperial
Comments on Handwriting	Lozachmeur hand Ia.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	5+x	7+x
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Missive to Natan. Re Wood, Goose, and Furture Visit
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Gender	Man

Text

Transcription

Translation

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	HL's edition CC:
	1. שלמ נתנ [יומא...]
	2. זנה תעק{ק\|י}נ [...]
	3. לכמ עקנ ובק[לא...]
	4. להנ בשר וז מ⸣נ⸢[...]
	5. תאמרונ חט ⸣ב⸢ק[ט...]
	6. שלחו על[...]
	7. ⸣שלח⸢[...]
	CV
	1. [...יד]ניה ⸣בר⸢
	2. [...◦◦] עלי למ הנ
	3. לא שלינ לאלפיא
	4. [...◦]איש לאיתי עמי
	5. [...]{ל\|ת}{א\|י}⸣כ⸢ל אתה

1	שלמ נתנ [יומא]
2	זנה תעקק ¹The paleography is clear, rd. תעקק; see HL’s discussion. As for the meaning, the only possible cognate Akk. eqēqu “to be paralyzed” does not fit the context. Reading a reduplicated stem or √עוק “to be oppressed” appears to be favored by AD-S. One wonders if instead a D-stem geminate verb is intended here √עקק “to cut/collect wood” as a denominal from עק (the second radical is doubled in the nominal base (ˁvqqu > ˁvq, plural ˁvqqīn cf. Akk. iṣṣu). Denominal forms often appear in the D-stem, here tᵉ/ᵃˁaqqeq “you shall cut/collect wood.” Note עקן appears in the next line.
3	לכמ עקנ ובק
4	להנ בשר וז מנ
5	תאמרונ חט בקט
6	שלחו ל
7	◦◦ל◦

¹ The paleography is clear, rd. תעקק; see HL’s discussion. As for the meaning, the only possible cognate Akk. eqēqu “to be paralyzed” does not fit the context. Reading a reduplicated stem or √עוק “to be oppressed” appears to be favored by AD-S. One wonders if instead a D-stem geminate verb is intended here √עקק “to cut/collect wood” as a denominal from עק (the second radical is doubled in the nominal base (*ˁvqqu > ˁvq, plural ˁvqqīn cf. Akk. iṣṣu). Denominal forms often appear in the D-stem, here *tᵉ/ᵃˁaqqeq “you shall cut/collect wood.” Note עקן appears in the next line.

1	[ וידניה בני
2	עלי למ הנ
3	לא שלינ לאשלינ לאלפיא
4	איש לאיתי עמי
5	◦ ואכל אתה ¹Forms √יכל/כהל plus an inflected verb are expected to grammatically agree.

¹ Forms √יכל/כהל plus an inflected verb are expected to grammatically agree.

1	שלחנ תקניה
2	◦ והנ נ ד ר
3
4	ל ◦◦י◦
5	◦ ש◦ ◦◦כ ומת◦◦ט ¹Reading מתמרט. Compare EM 43464 b cc ln. 5.

¹ Reading מתמרט. Compare EM 43464 b cc ln. 5.

1	Greetings Nathan. [...]
2	this [...] you/she shall collect wood [...]
3	to you (m.p.) wood and BQ[ ...]
3 alt	to you (m.p.) wood and BQ[ ...]
4	but the goose meet fro⸢m⸣[...]
5	you shall say the arrow of BQ[...]
6	they sent to[ ...]
7	◦◦⸢L⸣◦[...]

1	[... PN and Yeda]niah ⸢sons of⸣
2	[PN ...] on/to me saying, “If
3	[...] {There is no rest \| rope measures} for the boats
4	[...]no man is with me
5	[...]◦ ⸢and⸣ I will be able to come

1	⸢we sent. You shall aqu⸣ire ⸢it⸣
2	[...]◦ ⸢and if⸣ N...{D\|R}
3	[...]...
4	[...]...L ◦◦Y◦
5	[...]◦ Š◦ ◦◦K and be⸢ing⸣ torn

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
37115	man	Natan	נתנ	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. 233, pl. 251.)

DatasetID	313117
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 313117 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 233), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore.