CG no. 179
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. . erc 313063.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. CG no. 179.
“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.
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
[... Ma]lkyah did not seek
[...]Lˀ his/her face love/loved
[...]⸢H⸣ sent/send to me 1 order
[... ]our ⸢de⸣gal-unit. I/you/she sent (word) to[ ...]
[...]◦ went/go into [the ]st[reet]
[...]◦◦[...]
And you (m.s.) must not get close to the[m...]
to you (m.s.). And send (word) to me L[...]
And I shall do for you (m.s.). And you shall le⸢a⸣[ve ...]
If you seek, you will find [...]
[(◦)◦]◦◦s made/did[...]
[...]◦◦[...]
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 179.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10496. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.