Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. X8

Inventory Number	Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. X8
Publication Number	Mémoires 35 no. X08
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)	Clermont-Ganneau, Charles Certainty:
Location of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Elephantine
District of Find / Purchase in Egypt	Upper Egypt, 1st nome (Ombites) [Trismegistos]

Object Type	ostracon
Range of Preservation	complete
Mounting	(unknown)
Comments on Object	Palimpsest and erasure. Mesurements and remarks from publication. Lozachmeur: cv: 7.5YR5-6/4 ; cc: 5YR6/4.

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	x+7+y	x+5+y
Height of Line / Letter

Modern Title	Ostracon Missive. Re Expiated before Yaho.
Text Types	documentary documentary \| letter
Summary of Content	Letter of someone perhaps pleading that they are free of (religious) guilt.
Location of Composition	Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: medium)
Multilingualism	Monolingual
Gender	Man
Religion	Judaism
Comment on Religion	Reference to expiation.

Transcription

Translation

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¹Approx. 1cm missing on top edge.

¹ Approx. 1cm missing on top edge.

¹Approx. 1cm missing on left edge.

1	ויאמרנ כפרת לנ
2	לו אנה הו חטא
3	זי אית להמ איש
4	לא יחטא ליהה
5	/דחלנ מנה כענ²The initial horizontal stroke may be accidental
6	[◦◦]◦המ ולא י[◦(◦)◦]
7	מלוי [◦◦◦]

¹ Approx. 1cm missing on left edge.
² The initial horizontal stroke may be accidental

1	[...]◦[...]
2	[◦(◦)]◦[◦] son of Tmylˀ. Now, ¹The spelling TMYLˀ is either an error for a form of the verb √MLˀ (= HL) or a proper name.
3	[...]{HRˀ \| HDˀ}. Indeed, to Yislaḥ
4	[...]◦T a word which you/I/she spoke
5	[...]◦M and it was not. Moreover,
6	that (word ?) (f.s.) shall be so.

¹ The spelling TMYLˀ is either an error for a form of the verb √MLˀ (= HL) or a proper name.

1	⸢And they shall say,⸣ it/she (f.s.) expiated us / expiation is ours ([...]).
2	Indeed, I am he, a si⸢nn⸣er
3	who be⸢lo⸣ngs to them. (4) No (3) man
4	shall sin against Yahô¹So too Lemaire, “Review,” 183.
5	\We have feared him. Now,
6	[◦◦]◦ them, but not Y[◦(◦)◦]
7	[...]⸢M⸣LWY [◦◦◦] ²Possibly 2–3 short lines missing

¹ So too Lemaire, “Review,” 183.
² Possibly 2–3 short lines missing

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ID	gender	en normiert	original	Language	Functions	in Texts
41070	man	... son of Tmylˀ	בר תמילא	Aramaic, Imperial

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

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DatasetID	313172
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 313172 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. X8), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore.