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CG no. 085

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
parallel (∥) to the material's lines
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
Date (Metadata)
Gregorian -525 to -399 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
References
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 312969.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 85.

“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
Illegible traces on cv. The palimpsest on concave is partially legible. For the phrase “to the son of PN” rather than using the first name of the person, cf. CG no. 82 לבר אושיח.

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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore

side: cc line: 01
side: cc line: 02
side: cc pal line: 01

James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore

[... ]Go (f.s.) to the son/field of Hôša[ˁ ...]
[...] Šarayah [...]
[...] ⸢to Syene⸣ ...[...]
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 085.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10941. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.