CG no. 257
Metadata
- Collection
- Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris, France | AIBL (Public)
- Genre
-
- Vessel Label
- Languages
- Egyptian (Demotic), 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 | vessel (or pot fragment/sherd)
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- Date (Composition)
- -399 [4th cent. BCE, 3rd cent. BCE, Hellenistic]
- References
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- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . 313141.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 257.
“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
script is Hellenistic period.
cv 2: <note>HL translates “Εὐμέ[νης”, which should be restored אומנ[יס].</note>
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
demotic
craftsman([...]) / Eumen[es ...]
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 257.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10331. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.