Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 255

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 255
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. 255
Current Location	Paris, Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres
Publication Permission Status	no permission for publication necessary
Publication Status	published

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)	Seymour de Ricci Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Aswan / Syene
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]
Type of Acquisition for the Intitution	bought in antiquities trade
Date of Acquisition for the Intitution	between 1 1909 and
Transferor (Seller, Previous Owner)	Seymour de Ricci Certainty: high
Buyer (Currently Housing Institution)	Oxford, Manchester Collection Certainty: high

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	complete
Mounting	(unknown)
Comments on Object	Object was rotated top-to-bottom then 90 degrees counterclockwise. Mesurements and remarks from publication. Lozachmeur: cv: 5YR7/3 and 7.5YR7/2 ; cc: 2.5YR6/6.

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

Modern Title	Missive. Fragmentary. Re Instructions concerning Goods and Assisstance
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: high)
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Gender	Woman
Religion	unknown
Religion, further	unknown

Transcription

Translation

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concave

convex

concave

1	Peace, Yedanyah. Now, ◦[...]
2	They shall write to Natan(.) W/with [the] servant[...]
3	a salary. Indeed, I shall not give him[...]
4	ˀAhûtab a meal of honey[...]
5	the w[i]fe of / you all {D\|R}[...]

convex

1	Now, bring (to/for) S[...]
2	ˀEspemet son of Tabaˀ wh[o ...]
3	he left them. And I shall buy/sell (to/for)[...]
4	Are you all conspir[ing]?¹Reading as an unmarked interogative, Vb Subj. Send (pl.)[...]
5	with Malkyah, "T[...]
6	And they saw what²Reading as a pronoun rather than interogative particle. is in [the] heart [...]
7	they shall help Hûm[î ...]

¹ Reading as an unmarked interogative, Vb Subj.
² Reading as a pronoun rather than interogative particle.

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Places (read out from edition)

ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
40130	man	Yedanyah	ידניה	Aramaic, Imperial

RulerID	Regnal Year	MonthID	Day Date of the Text	Gregorian Date	dating_comment
				-525 BCE -399 BCE	;

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DatasetID	313139
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 313139 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. 255), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore.