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CG no. 154

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
Text Direction Side 1
perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
Text Direction Side 2
perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
References
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 313038.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 154.

“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: Traces of a stroke that could be read as נ survive, but this may be interference from the palimpsest. HL = patronymic of female name because no known female names end in -tan. cc 4: Error. HL proposes confusion of √שלח and √ישר. This does not explain the use of an afel rather than hafel form, especially since the correct hafel spelling appears two lines earlier. cv: Traces of two more lines. HL cc Lozachmeur 1. [שלמ נ]תנ כענ הושרו ל{נ|כ} לכמ
2. [הוש]רת לכי עקנ 𐡛 הושרי
3. [...] גמריה בר קילה
4. [...]אושרי כענ הא
5. [...]ה יומנ 𐡘𐡘𐡘 cv Lozachmeur 1. ⸣של⸢[...]
2. ⸣לע{י|ס}⸢מ⸣{ר|מ}⸢[...]
3. ל ⸣ב⸢{ר|כ}◦◦[...]
4. ⸣הנ⸢ ◦◦◦[...]

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James Moore

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James Moore

[... Na]tan. Now, they sent to us bread
[... ] I [sen]t to you (f.s.) 10 wood. Send (m.s.)
[to ...] Gemaryah son of Qylh
{ˀWŠḤY | ˀWŠṬY}. Now, indeed
[...]H 3 days
[...]◦(...)
[... ]{◦ is fasting | ◦ is set} (...)
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 154.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10916. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.