CG no. 142
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. . 313026.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 142.
“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
Palimpsest is also a letter indicated by the clear reading of כענ on cv in the middle of the sherd.
cc Lozachmeur
1. [...]א
2. [...]עלי להנ
3. [...]ו עלכנ לא
4. [...]שרת ⸣עקיא⸢
cv Lozachmeur
1. ...
2. ואושר◦◦
Text and Translation
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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
[...]{ˀ|Y}
{[...]⸢on⸣ my account |[... g]o (f.s.) to them (f.pl.)
[...]⸢More⸣over t⸢o y⸣ou (f.pl.) not
[... ]I/she [se]nt the wood
[...]◦◦[...]
And I shall send [y]⸢o⸣[u] (f.pl.)
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 142.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10326. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.