CG no. 140
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. . 313024.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 140.
“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
Rotation: top-to-bottom then counterclockwise 90 degrees.
It seems possible that this is a complete ostracon, but it is too effaced to read as such.
cv 1: ◦◦◦ expect either הלו or כענ.
cv 9: Reading √חוט as a peal from . Cf. Akk. ḫiāṭu “to inspect.”
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cc Lozachmeur
1. [...]⸣לב{ר|ו|כ}ה⸢[...]⸣קר⸢[...]
2. [...]דגלכ כמה
3. [...]הושר /למ\זי
4. [...]הושר ⸣תחת⸢ קטי⸣נ⸢
5. [...]ביד בר [חר]מחי לא
6. [...]הושר אפ לי זלא א⸣לו⸢
7. [...]למ לא יהב לי
cv Lozachmeur
1. [...]⸣זי⸢ שלחת לכ[י] למ
2. [...]⸣י⸢ב זי ל בעדיה
3. [...]◦◦⸣ו פל⸢גיא זי◦
4. [...]⸣ל⸢ענחפסעי
5. [...]שלחת⸣נ⸢ לי
6. [...]◦◦◦ מנהמ
7. [...]◦◦◦ ⸣כ⸢ל זי
8. [...]⸣{פ|ב} זי איתי⸢ לכ בנהרא
9. [...]י⸣ח⸢ט מנה ⸣{ו|מ}⸢
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
Wh⸢y⸣ ... like
your (m.s.) dᵉgal-unit? ... Greetings, ◦◦◦.
⸢se⸣n⸢d/t⸣ (m.s.) ... which
sen⸢t⸣... ⸢und⸣er/instead of cucumber⸢s⸣
in the hand of B◦... my ⸢fl⸣our
you have (5) not (6) sent to me. And ⸢you did⸣ not s[a]⸢y⸣
saying, he gave me not.
◦◦◦ I sent you (word), saying,
[gi]ve that which belongs to Baˁadyah
⸢from⸣ the ⸢f⸣iefs which ...
... ˁnḫ-pꜢ-šꜢj
... you sent (word) to me
... from them
[...]... all which
in my possession I shall give to you (m.s.). On the river
he shall ins⸢pe⸣ct a portion.
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 140.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10902. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.