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CG no. 036

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 312920.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 36.

“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 3: HL = י̇ת אחיאב בר but there is not enough room for two בs and a word dividing space. The spelling of the name with the final alef is perhaps the same as ˀAḥyô אחיו but with the Phoenician final ô represented with alef. cc 5: HL restores א to make an impf. vb. either the imperfect or the participle can work here. More context is needed. cv 2: Neither HL or D-S’s readings match the stroke patterns of the first letter. It looks like a clear צ. cv 4: HL = למ.

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James Moore

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James Moore

[...] Natan. Now, look
[...] I/you/she sent in (.../the) hand (of)
[...]◦T ˀAḥyaˀ son of
[...] Now, the written object which
[... ](do) I find him/her/it(?)
[... ]⸢y⸣ou (f.s.), saying,
[...]◦L
I shall send you (m.s.) {K|ˁ}[...]
I shall seek (for) you ⸢the⸣ leather[...]
I shall send you (m.s.). Now, [...]
Not from a day which [...]
to me. ⸢The wo⸣[m]an/⸢peo⸣[p⸣le ◦◦[...]
◦◦◦◦ ◦◦◦◦[...]
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 036.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10865. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.