CG no. 155
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
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- References
-
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 313039.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 155.
“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: This is the first attested spelling with ס rather than צ.
cc 2: Following HL, but note that צפה (f.) is the expected form in later dialects, see CAL “ṣph, ṣptˀ”.
cc 4: The final marks look as though they may be two letters turning down the edge of the ostracon, perhaps זי.
HL
cc Lozachmeur
1. [...]ל ⸣ס⸢חא
2. [...]בצפ זי המר
3. [...]⸣ר⸢ ברתה למ
4. [...]◦ על תפמת שע⸣רי{א|נ}⸢
5. [...] לשעריא
6. [...]⸣ל 𐡛⸢ ק אפ תמ⸣ה⸢
7. [...]⸣{ז|ל}י⸢
cv Lozachmeur
1. ⸣◦ל⸢
2. ⸣עקנ⸢
3. חבל{ה|א}
4. כח{ד|ר} ⸣{נ|כ}⸢
Text and Translation
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James Moore
James Moore
[... ]for the ⸢oi⸣l
[... ]on a row ⸢of⸣ bead(s)/reed-mat ⸢of⸣ a donkey
[...]⸢and⸣ his daughter saying
[...]◦ to Tapemet 20 barley
[...] for the barley
[... ]⸢he lef⸣t ⸢y⸣ou (m.p.). Moreover, there
[...]◦◦◦
◦◦[...]
[the] woo⸢d⸣[ ...]
his/her/its damage/rope/pledge[ ...]
like a ne⸢t⸣[ ...]
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 155.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10917. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.