CG no. 251
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. . 313135.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 251.
“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 1: first letter: ז, ח, צ, ש.
The apparent word break argues against translating Beth-el.
cc 2: A superlinear dot sits between the letters.
cv 1: In the IR photograph, the ש is relatively clear.
cc Lozachmeur
1. [...]{𐡘|צ}בית אל[...]
2. [...יה]ב לנ זא
3. [...]באנפיכ כזי
4. [...]◦◦הנ[...]
cv Lozachmeur
1. [...]{𐡛|צ|ז|𐡘}כ ולי[...]
2. [...]ה כ 𐡘 צבא[...]
3. [...◦] ח 𐡘 ◦ עת{ח|ה}א 𐡘[...]
4. [...◦]ברה זי {ו|ר|פ}[...]
5. [...]ב◦[...]
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
[... ]I/she/you desired th⸢es⸣[e (things) ...]
[...]K to you (m.s.) that
[... ]on your face, when
[...]◦Y. If ◦[...]
[... ]they sen[t] to me[ ...]
[...]◦H 1 H(andful) (as) desire(d)/the desire[ ...]
[...]◦Ḥ ⸢and Ṣe⸣ḥaˀ 1 [...]
[... ]his/her son who {W|P}
[...]◦ ◦[...]
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 251.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10361. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.