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Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. X16

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Metadata

Collection

Inventory Number Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. X16
Publication Number Mémoires 35 no. X16
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: 10YR7/3 ; cc: 2.5YR5-6/8.

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 Ic.
  recto verso
Quantity of Lines x+6+y x+6+y
Height of Line / Letter

 

Text Content

Modern Title Fragmentary Missive.
Text Types
  • documentary
  • documentary | letter
Summary of Content Context uncertain, but reference to the vulgar use of "by the life of Yaho" is highly likely.
Location of Composition Elephantine / Syene (Certainty: )
Multilingualism Monolingual
Religion Judaism
Comment on Religion Vulgar use of "by the life of Yaho"

 

Text

Transcription Translation Pictures
variants
HL's edition CC:
1. [...]◦◦[...]
2. [...]◦{י|ב}א◦[...]
3. [...] {כ|ב}פמ ⸣יאל⸢
4. [...] ⸣ו⸢שלח⸣י⸢ [...]
5. [...]{ר|ב} חי ל[יהה...]
6. [...]{ב|ע}{ד|ר}{א|ז}[...]
7. [...]ב{ר|ל} [...]
CV
1. [...]נ⸣יה⸢ [...]
2. [...]אנתמ [...]
3. [...]ניה ⸣ל⸢ דג[ל...]
4. [...]◦ למ בל[...]
5. [...]◦ ח⸣פנ⸢ ◦◦[...]
6. [...]ח⸣י⸢ [...]
CC
1◦◦
2◦י א◦
3בפמ י◦ 1Lemaire, “Review,” 182 = KPWMY “my instructions”.
4ושלחת
5{ד|ר} חי ליהה
6◦{ד|ר} א◦
7◦◦

1 Lemaire, “Review,” 182 = KPWMY “my instructions”.
CV
1{ד|ר}מיא
2 אנתמ
3◦יה דגל
4◦ למ בל
5◦ חפנ 𐡘 ◦
6ח◦
CC
1[...]◦◦[...]
2[...]◦Y ˀ◦[...]
3[...] in the mouth of Y◦[...]
4[...]⸢and⸣ I/you/she sent [...]
5[...]{D|R} (by the) life of[ Yahô! ...]
6[...]◦{D|R} ˀ◦[...]
7[...]◦◦[...]
CV
1[...]{D|R}MYˀ[...]
2[...] you (m.p.) [...]
3[...]◦⸢YH⸣ dega[l-unit ...]
4[...]◦ saying, “In L[...”]
5[...]◦ ⸢1⸣ ha⸢ndful⸣ ◦[...]
6[...]Ḥ◦[...]
Paris_AIBL_CIS_CG-X16_
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Dates

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

 

Pictures

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Literature

 

DatasetID 313180
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 313180 (= Ostr. Paris, AIBL Clermont-Ganneau no. X16), ERC-Project ELEPHANTINE: James D. Moore.