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CG no. 156

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
parallel (∥) to the material's lines
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
References
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 313040.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 156.

“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 1–2 10918 אנצרא may be a food supply since it appears to be sent in a קפיר. interpreted as a foreign name. But I think it may be a form of the word אצרא "the treasury" compare the reference to the treasury in 0997. CG no. 280 in the context of a קפיר. cc 6: The root דבק is used in the in the G-stem to mean sitting adjacent to. It is most frequently employed in the property contracts to explain the legal borders of the property. The D-stem is not found in IA, but in Syr. it means to adjoin. cv 1: תפת: reading from תיפת HL cc Lozachmeur 1. [...הו]שרו לי קפיר 𐡘
2. [...הו]שר לכמ אנצרא
3. [...]⸣אנ⸢צר⸣נא א⸢פ אמר
4. [...]◦{ר|כ} ר⸣{י|ל}⸢ב⸣{ע|י}{ב|א}⸢ ל⸣י⸢ 𐡘𐡘
5. [...]◦ ⸣{ב|כ}⸢רש ◦◦ ⸣הלו⸢
6. [...]נ{ר|ד} למדבקת
7. [...]◦ אנת ב{א|ע}{⸣ת⸢|ל} {𐡘|𐡘𐡘}
8. [...]אחשל cv Lozachmeur 1. [...]◦ ⸣לעי{מ|ר}⸢ ת{נ|פ}ת למדבקתה

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James Moore

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James Moore

[... s]end (pl.) to me 1 pot.
[... I will] send to you (pl.) the ˀNṢR.
[... ]⸢the ˀNṢR. More⸣over, say (m.s.)
[...]◦ ⸢and he shall⸣ bring it to me, 2
[...] a door. [In]deed
[...]◦◦ to attach/to adjoin
[...]◦ you (m.s.) are seeking 2
[... ]ˀ◦ inquire
a little (about) a box to attach/adjoin to it
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 156.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10918. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.