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CG no. 280

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
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . 313164.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 280.

“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 2: <note>The final letter appears to be ו made with two strokes and no pen-lift. Compare the י which is make written with two strokes and one pen-lift.</note> cc 3: <note>HL parses from פתא C-stem (aphel) “to be large,” but translates “son étendue? / ils l'ont?” D-S. (via HL) translates “morcelez-la” </note>

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James Moore

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James Moore

Send (f.s) Setaryah
they shall take her. Moreover, look (f.s)/they looked at
(her) Ptw (with) the treasurers
(lit. sons of the ones who store up).
dip/sank
Šḥ◦r(l)
I sent the full pot
with wood. Moreover--the basket, in it is 20 (measures).
Now, (as for) the basket which I sent
them, in it the bread was
indeed
on top!
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 280.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/10997. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.