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CG no. 035

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 312919.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 35.

“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 1: Nûbal = an Iranian name (HL p. 513).

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James Moore

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James Moore

Inquire of Nûbal to[...]
you (m.s.) say, "Wait!" (m.s.)
from there I shall come ◦[...]
and he came with you (m.s.). Bew⸢a⸣[re ...]
with the penalty which ◦[...]
say to ˀÛryah[ ...]
See that he made [...]
escaped/a fugitive of Syene and ˀ[...]
Moreover, except [the] ga[te ...] / Moreover, outside who will you kn[ow]?
his/her pot and flee ˀ◦[...] alt. his/her pot and meet (m.s.) [the] b[oat ...]
ˀEs-wenefer(.) {sieze(d) | Then}[...]
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 035.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10864. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.