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CG no. 002

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)
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
References
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . ERC 312886.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 2.

“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
cc 7: So too Lemaire, Review, 179
cv 1: א Charcter 1: {י|ג|א}, Character 2: {ד|ר|ב} cv 2: compare ID 11825 for the spelling of the name Ṭydˀ but this does not seem to be the reading here.
cv 7: *1*י, א, ב

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James Moore

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James Moore

[…]to me(.) [... shall s]⸢a⸣y ◦◦M◦ˀ to them (f.p.),
all to her/him to/for Maḥsah.
He give [to us] the barley.
Say (m.s.) to Aḥûṭab
[…]Indeed, I said to him
[…] to you. Now, here,
[... ]⸢to⸣ Ṭays 1
[…]un
to the hand. Moreover, he said to me, saying, "[…]
this. Now if you will take […]
that guarantee (fem.!). And if […] do/es not […]
Moreover, he will be here […]
The boa[t] must not go out […]
May he [not(?)] take the meat […]
Ṭays p?[…]
Indeed[ ...]
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 002.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10080. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.