CG no. 079 + CG no. 160 (= HL J11)
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
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- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 312963 and 313044.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 79.
“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
both the overwritten and the palimpsest appear to be missives.
cv pal: <note>The CV pal is written 90 degrees to the overwritten text.</note>
cc 3: גפנתא: This reading is uncertain. A feminine form of the word is not expected.
Text and Translation
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James Moore
James Moore
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2. [... ]he went out yesterday ◦[...]
3. [...]TH the vi⸢n⸣es(?) ◦[...]
4. [... ˀA]ḥuṭab. Nevertheless [...]
5. [... ]Tabaˀ(.) The perfume/ointment/apothecary
6. [...]⸢G⸣, 1 handful
7. [...]LK with ⸢a handful⸣
8. [...]◦T
1. [...]...[...]
2. [...]...[...]
3. [...]◦◦◦◦◦ ◦◦[...]
4. [...] bread ◦◦◦[...]
1. [...]◦ salt ◦◦◦[...]
2. [...]...{D|R}ˀ ⸢t⸣o her
3. [...]...NYNK
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 079 + CG no. 160 (= HL J11).' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10908. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.