CG no. 056
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 312940.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 56.
“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 5: Cf. Cairo Univ P. 1688 ln. 4.
cc 8: The illegible character is not ל; this is likely the end of a personal name like עבדיהה.
Lozachmeur
cc
1. ◦[...]
2. [...]בת 𐡘𐡘
3. [...]⸣כ⸢ס̇פ אפ הנ◦[...]
4. [...]ל חלרנ 111 זי ב̇[...]
5. [...הושר]וה לי מס̇ת ◦[...]
6. [...]◦ לכמ כענ הוש̇[רו...]
7. [...]ונתי אזלת [...]
8. [...] [ל]יהה ה[...]
cv
1. [...]◦◦◦[...]
2. [...]◦◦◦ [לא ה]נ[...]
3. [...]◦◦◦ ◦◦◦ אשל⸣ח⸢[...]
Text and Translation
Choose alternative texts and translations from the filter. Click individual words in a text for more details.
James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
[...]◦[...]
[... ]2 bath[ ...]
[... ]⸢si⸣lver. Moreover, HN◦[...]
[...]L 3 ḥallurs which is in ◦[...]
[... ]they [sent]/send (m.p.) it to me, a measure of ⸢si⸣[lver ...]
[...]◦ to you (m.p.). Now, sen[d (m.p.) ...]
[...] Wantî(.) I/you/she went [...]
[... PN-]◦yahô H◦[...]
[...]◦◦◦[...]
[... s]⸢e⸣nd (m.p.) to me M[...]
[...]◦◦◦ ◦◦◦ I shall sen⸢d⸣ (word)[...]
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 056.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10518. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.