“Localizing 4,000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt. ERC Grant ID: 637692,” n.d. TBA.
CG no. 064 + CG no. 227 (= HL J04)
Metadata
- Collection
- Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris, France | AIBL (Public)
- Keyword
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- 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]
- Material
- clay | sherd (for ostracon)
- Palimpsest?
- true
- Text Direction Side 1
- parallel (∥) to the material's lines
- Text Direction Side 2
- parallel (∥) to the material's lines
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-06-28
General Notes
Rim.
The word כענ of the palimpsest is visible on cv. This indicates that both texts were missives.
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
Rim.
The word כענ of the palimpsest is visible on cv. This indicates that both texts were missives.
cv 2: Note the nuns are defective, likely due to the curvature of pot’s rim. The second נ was written the head then the tale followed by a third stroke that defectively elongates the tale. The first two strokes of the first נ are identical, but the defective third stroke of the first נ is written next next to the letter and resembles a dot.
Text and Translation
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James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore
Greetings, Nathan. Now, that (one)
came to me, saying, “he gave
⸢to⸣ [you] silver, 1 k(arš) according to the stones of
[the king.”] He was not [...]
[...] 4 to ◦[...]
Give it to him the⸢re.⸣ Thus consider
saying (to yourself), “should I not give it the[n]
they shall give it to the prostitute.” N⸢o⸣[w, ...]
[...]the remaining silver[...]
[...]◦ ⸢No⸣[w...]
[...]◦◦◦◦ 4. ⸢Moreover for⸣ barley[ ...]
[...]...[...]
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 064 + CG no. 227 (= HL J04).' DEAPS. 14 Jun, 2026. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10827. Accessed: 29 Jun, 2026.