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Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 251

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 251
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 251
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: 7.5YR5/2 ; cc: 5YR6/3-4.

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 Ic.
	recto	verso
Quantity of Lines	x+5+y	x+4+y
Height of Line / Letter

Text Content

Modern Title	Fragmentary Missive.
Text Types	documentary Documentary \| Jar Label
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Religion	unknown

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	HL's edition CC:
	1. [...]{𐡘\|צ}בית אל[...]
	2. [...יה]ב לנ1 זא
	3. [...]באנפיכ כזי
	4. [...]◦◦הנ[...]
	CV
	1. [...]{𐡛\|צ\|ז\|𐡘}כ ולי[...]
	2. [...]ה כ 𐡘 צבא[...]
	3. [...◦] ח 𐡘 ◦ עת{ח\|ה}א 𐡘[...]
	4. [...◦]ברה זי {ו\|ר\|פ}[...]
	5. [...]ב◦[...]

CC

1	צבית אל
2	ב לנ זא ¹A superlinear dot sits between the letters.
3	באנפיכ כזי
4	◦◦ הנ ◦

¹ A superlinear dot sits between the letters.

CV

1	הושרולי
2	◦ה כ 𐡘 צבא
3	◦ח וצחא 𐡘
4	ברה זי {ו\|פ}
5	◦ ◦

CC

1	[...]◦ house t⸢o⸣/n⸢ot⸣
2	[...]B to us that (f.s.)
3	[...]on your face, just as
4	[...]◦◦. If ◦[...]

CV

1	[... ]they [se]nt to me[ ...]
2	[...]◦H 1 H(andful) (as) desire(d)[...]
3	[...]◦Ḥ and Ṣeḥaˀ 1 [...]
4	[...]his/her son who {W\|P}
5	[...]◦ ◦[...]

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Places (read out from edition)

People mentioned in Text

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
40880	man	Ṣeḥaˀ	צחא	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. 251, pl. 261.)

DatasetID	313135
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 313135 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 251), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore.