Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 237

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 237
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 237
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	Mesurements and remarks from publication. Lozachmeur: cv: 7.5YR6-5/4 ; cc: 2.5YR5/4 to 5YR5/4.

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 Ic.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+5+y	x+5+y
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Missive. Re Tunic
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Gender	Man

Text

Transcription

Translation

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	HL's edition CC:
	1. [...]ח
	2. [...] הלו
	3. [...]כתונ ואמר
	4. [...] למ שלח
	5. [...]וקח
	CV
	1. אמר ל{י\|ה} [...]
	2. {פ\|ג}לבנ הלו [...]
	3. דאבא לאי{מ\|ו\|ד}[...]
	4. כענת של[ח...]
	5. ו[...]

1	◦ח
2	◦ הלו
3	⸢כ⸣תונ ואמר
4	למ שלח
5	וקח

1	אמר ל י ה
2	פלבנ הלו ¹Following AD-S and Lemaire, “Review,” 182. This may be a by-form of the name בלבן “Belbani” (EM 43479 col. i ln. 14) meaning “Bel builds.”
3	דאבא לא ימ ²The Aramaic reading is certain, but it is unclear if one should read “wolf,” which in Eygpt likely refers to a jackal, or a substantive of √דאב “to languish.”
4	כענת שלח
5	ו◦

¹ Following AD-S and Lemaire, “Review,” 182. This may be a by-form of the name בלבן “Belbani” (EM 43479 col. i ln. 14) meaning “Bel builds.”
² The Aramaic reading is certain, but it is unclear if one should read “wolf,” which in Eygpt likely refers to a jackal, or a substantive of √דאב “to languish.”

1	[...]◦Ḥ
2	[...]◦ Indeed
3	[...]⸢tu⸣nic and say/he said
4	[...] saying send
5	[...]and take

1	say/he said to me/her/him
2	Pelbani. Indeed
3	The jackal/the languished will not M[...]
4	Now, ⸢sen⸣[d ...]
5	and ◦[...]

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
37140	man	Pelbani	פלבנ	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. 237, pl. 253.)

DatasetID	313121
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 313121 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 237), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore.