CG no. 055
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. . erc 312939.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 55.
“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
cv 2: Cf. תחת חמא in CG no. 152. alternative restoration חנטה "wheat" which matches the types of items sent in קפיר.
Lozachmeur
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1. רבא אפ הושרת
2. לכ{י|מ} קפרנ 11
3. אתמל 1 תחת
4. לחמא
cv
1. זי מ{א|ש}לכ [...]
2. תחת ח{ו|י|𐡘}[...]
3. {ז|𐡘} ר נוננ[...]
4. ר ◦ אל[...]
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
the chief/the big (one). Moreover, I sent
to you (m.p.) 2 pots
yesterday, 1 in exchange for
the bread
of Mešullak [an/the other]
in exchange for Ḥ◦[...]
1(.) Menaḥem[ ...]
◦◦◦ {to me | to him}[...]
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 055.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10517. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.