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CG no. 167

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 313051.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 167.

“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
HL cc Lozachmeur 1. [...יה]ה צבאת ישאל
2. [...]⸣ש⸢רת לכ גבנה 𐡘 ⸣ז⸢[י...]
3. [...]אושר לכ הב
4. [...]הושרת אתמל
5. [...𐡛] 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘𐡘 𐡘𐡘 cv Lozachmeur 1. כענ אזל [...]
2. זי עמ א⸣{ד|ר}נ 𐡘𐡘 מנ⸢ [...]
3. [...הנ ]איש מנכמ יא⸣ל⸢[א...]
4. נונ זעיר מלח[...] cc Palimpsest Lozachmeur 1. [...]שלמכ יהה צ⸣בא⸢ת
2. ⸣על◦רה לכ {מ|נ|ה}⸢
3. ⸣כענ על נ{ח|ו}{ל|נ}⸢
4. ◦◦◦ל
5. [...]ביב[...]

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James Moore

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James Moore

[...]◦[◦◦]◦ [...]
[...]may [Yah]ô of Hosts seek [your (m.s.) peace]
[...]I [se]⸢n⸣t to you (m.s.) cheese ◦[...]
[...]I shall send to you (m.s.). Give
[...]I/you sent yesterday
[...]⸢2⸣8
[...]...[...]
Now, go [...]
which is with ˀEsḥnu⸢m⸣[...]
a man among you (m.p.) shall com⸢e⸣[...]
a little fish, salt/a fish, a little salt [...]
[... (2) may] Yahô of Hosts [(2) seek] your peace[...]
[...](belonging) to Yišayah son of M◦(◦)◦yah
[...]◦◦◦ ⸢which ther⸣e is. ⸢A⸣ll (the) ⸢f⸣i⸢sh⸣
[...]◦◦ ◦◦◦◦H ⸢to⸣[...]
[...]◦ in the hand of[...]
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 167.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10506. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.