CG no. X08
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
- Date (Metadata)
- Gregorian -525 to -399 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
- References
-
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . 313172.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. X008.
“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: <note>Approx. 1cm missing on top edge.</note>
cv: <note>Approx. 1cm missing on left edge.</note>
cc 2: <note>The spelling TMYLˀ is either an error for a form of the verb √MLˀ (= HL) or a proper name.</note>
cv 4: <note>So too Lemaire, “Review,” 183.</note>
cv 5: <note>The initial horizontal stroke may be accidental</note>
cv 7: <note>Possibly 2–3 short lines missing</note> I would now read ˀLPY "My boat"
cc Lozachmeur
1. [...◦◦]ב{ד|ר} תמילא כענ
2. [...]⸣ה⸢רא הלו על יסלח
3. [...◦]ת מלה ⸣זי⸢ אמרת
4. [...◦]מ ולא הות אפ
5. [...]◦ זא תהוה
cv Lozachmeur
1. [...]⸣כל כענ⸢ כפ⸣רת⸢ ◦◦[...]
2. [...]הלו אנה הו◦{ר|ח}◦◦[...]
3. [...]זי א⸣י⸢ת להמ אי◦◦[...]
4. [...] לא ⸣י⸢חט א⸣ל⸢יהה[...]
5. [...]⸣ב⸢חלנ [{י|ל}] מנה כע[נ...]
6. [...◦]◦⸣ה⸢מ ולא ⸣י⸢[...]
7. [...] אלפ{י|א}[...]
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
[...]◦[...]
[◦(◦)]◦[◦] son of Tmylˀ. Now,
[...]⸢H⸣Rˀ. Indeed, to Yislaḥ
[...]◦T a word which you/I/she spoke
[...]◦M and it was not. Moreover,
that (word ?) (f.s.) shall be so.
⸢And they shall say,⸣ it (f.s.) expiated us / expiation is ours ([...]).
Indeed, I am he, a si⸢nn⸣er
who be⸢lo⸣ngs to them. (4) No (3) man
shall sin against Yahô
\We have feared him. Now,
[◦◦]◦ them, but not Y[◦(◦)◦]
[...]⸢M⸣LWY [◦◦◦]
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. X08.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10467. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.