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CG no. 121 bis (= HL J12)

Metadata

Collection
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris, France | AIBL (Public)
Genre
  • Missive
Language
Aramaic
Script
Aramaic
Find Type
Excavation/Acquisition
Locus
Check notes in Lozachmeur/FM DB for each piece. Some items were acquired at the site. Others found. The X and Y collections are very problematic with regard to provenance.
Acquired
Clermont-Ganneau [1906–1911]
Created by
James D. Moore
Material
clay | sherd (for ostracon)
Palimpsest?
true
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
References
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 313216.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. CG no. 121 bis.

“Localizing 4,000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt. ERC Grant ID: 637692,” n.d. TBA.
Lozachmeur, Hélène. La collection Clermont-Ganneau: ostraca, épigraphes sur jarre étiquettes de bois. 2 vols. Mémoires de l’Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 35. Paris: de Boccard, 2006.
Textual Notes
Rotation: side-to-side cv 2: to Pa-Tkm[...] ; 2 alt. [...]Ḥ your (m.p.) turnip[...] ; 2 alt. [...]Ḥ your (m.p.) morsel[...] <div type="edition"> <ab xml:lang="Armi arc"> <note> <ab xml:lang="Armi arc"> <pb n="HL (variants)"/> <lb rend="right-to-left"/>cc <lb rend="right-to-left"/>1. [...]{ח|ז}י◦◦◦[...] <lb rend="right-to-left"/>2. [...]על ◦◦◦[...] <lb rend="right-to-left"/>3. [...◦]כנתינ[...] <lb rend="right-to-left"/>4. [...]לא{ר|ד}{ע|ב}[...] <lb rend="right-to-left"/>5. [...]◦ וה[...] <lb rend="right-to-left"/>cv <lb rend="right-to-left"/>1. [...]◦◦◦ <lb rend="right-to-left"/>2. [...]ח◦◦לפתכר <lb rend="right-to-left"/>3. [...]לכ 𐡛 כ◦◦[...] <lb rend="right-to-left"/>4. [...]תז{ו|ח} {ו|𐡛} 𐡛ה[...] <lb rend="right-to-left"/>5. [...]בר◦◦◦ <lb rend="right-to-left"/>6. [...] לכ <lb rend="right-to-left"/>7. [...]{מ|ה}ה על <lb rend="right-to-left"/>8. [...]◦◦◦ה </ab> </note> </ab> <ab xml:lang="Armi arc"> <pb n="CC" /> <lb n="1" rend="right-to-left" /><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> <lb n="2" rend="right-to-left" /><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/>⸢𐡜𐡜𐡜⸣ <gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="characters"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> <lb n="3" rend="right-to-left" /><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="characters"/>ח<gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="characters"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> <lb n="4" rend="right-to-left" /><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="characters"/> כנתי⸢א⸣<gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> <lb n="5" rend="right-to-left" /><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> לארע <gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> <lb n="6" rend="right-to-left" /><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="characters"/> וה<gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> </ab> <ab xml:lang="Armi arc"> <pb n="CV" /> <lb n="1" rend="right-to-left" /><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="1" unit="characters"/> ◦◦⸢מ⸣ע◦<gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> <lb n="2" rend="right-to-left" /><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/>ח לפתכמ<gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> <lb n="3" rend="right-to-left" /><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> לכ פנ⸢מ⸣<gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> <lb n="4" rend="right-to-left" /><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> תהוה<gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> <lb n="5" rend="right-to-left" />[... (◦)ע]בר לכ <gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> <lb n="6" rend="right-to-left" />[... י]הה על <gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> <lb n="7" rend="right-to-left" /><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/><gap reason="illegible" quantity="3" unit="characters"/><gap reason="lost" quantity="unknown" unit="characters"/> </ab> </div> <div type="translation" xml:lang="en"> <ab xml:lang="Latn en"> <pb n="CC" /> <lb n="1" rend="left-to-right" />[...]...[...] <lb n="2" rend="left-to-right" />[...]60(+) ◦◦◦[...] <lb n="3" rend="left-to-right" />[...]◦◦◦Ḥ◦[...] <lb n="4" rend="left-to-right" />[...]◦ ⸢the⸣ emmer [...] <lb n="5" rend="left-to-right" />[...] to the land of [...] <lb n="6" rend="left-to-right" />[...]◦ and H[...] </ab> <ab xml:lang="Latn en"> <pb n="CV" /> <lb n="1" rend="left-to-right" />[...]◦ ◦◦⸢M⸣ˁ◦[...] <lb n="2" rend="left-to-right" />[...]Ḥ LPTKM[...] <lb n="3" rend="left-to-right" />[...] to you (m.s.) Pnm[...] <lb n="4" rend="left-to-right" />[...] you/she shall be[ ...] <lb n="5" rend="left-to-right" />[... m]ade for you (m.s.) [...] <lb n="6" rend="left-to-right" />[... Ya]hô to [...] <lb n="7" rend="left-to-right" />[...]◦◦◦[...] </ab> </div>

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James Moore

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James Moore

[...]...[...]
[...]60(+) ◦◦◦[...]
[...]◦◦◦Ḥ◦[...]
[...]◦ ⸢the⸣ emmer [...]
[...] to the land of [...]
[...]◦ and H[...]
[...]◦ ◦◦⸢M⸣ˁ◦[...]
[...]Ḥ LPTKM[...]
[...] to you (m.s.) Pnm[...]
[...] you/she shall be[ ...]
[... m]ade/[m]ake for you (m.s.) [...]
[... Ya]hô to [...]
[...]◦◦◦[...]
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 121 bis (= HL J12).' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10045. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.