“Localizing 4,000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt. ERC Grant ID: 637692,” n.d. TBA.
CG no. 170
Metadata
- Collection
- Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris, France | AIBL (Public)
- Keyword
-
- 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)
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-06-28
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
See Moore, "Judeans in Elephantine and Babylonia", ##
Barnea Diss. 279–282
HL
cc Lozachmeur
1. [...]הנ [...]
2. [...]◦◦◦אפ היתי
3. [...ח]נטנ בידכ קב 𐡘 ופלג
4. הלו על דבר פרס ידניה
5. התאחרת הנעל אח{ו|ר}א
6. עמכ לתאתא וחסנ
7. ביתכ ואתה וחתמ
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
[...]◦◦◦ ◦◦ [...]
[...]◦◦◦. Moreover bring
[... ]wheat in your possession, 1 and a half qab
Indeed, therefore, the ration of Yedanyah
it was late. Bring in the other
with you to Taˀtaˀ. And possess
your house and come and seal
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 170.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10905. Accessed: 01 Jul, 2026.