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CG no. X16

Metadata

Collection
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris, France | AIBL (Public)
Genre
  • Missive
Language
Aramaic
Script
Aramaic
Find Type
Unprovenanced: Aquisition
Acquired
AIBL (Clermont-Ganneau Collection)
Created by
James D. Moore
Material
clay | sherd (for ostracon)
Palimpsest?
true
Text Direction Side 1
Material lines are diagonal ↘︎
Text Direction Side 2
Material lines are diagonal ↙︎
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
Date (Metadata)
Gregorian -525 to -399 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
References
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . 313180.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. X016.
General Notes
Reference to Yaho suggests this likely comes from Elephantine.

“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 3: <note>Lemaire, “Review,” 182 = KPWMY “my instructions”.</note> cv 3: HL sees ל, but this is a chip on the slip that looks like a stroke in the IR photos. cc Lozachmeur 1. [...]◦◦[...]
2. [...]◦{י|ב}א◦[...]
3. [...] {כ|ב}פמ ⸣יאל⸢
4. [...] ⸣ו⸢שלח⸣י⸢ [...]
5. [...]{ר|ב} חי ל[יהה...]
6. [...]{ב|ע}{ד|ר}{א|ז}[...]
7. [...]ב{ר|ל} [...] cv Lozachmeur 1. [...]נ⸣יה⸢ [...]
2. [...]אנתמ [...]
3. [...]ניה ⸣ל⸢ דג[ל...]
4. [...]◦ למ בל[...]
5. [...]◦ ח⸣פנ⸢ ◦◦[...]
6. [...]ח⸣י⸢ [...]

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

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

[...]◦◦[...]
[...]◦Y ˀ◦[...]
[...] in the mouth of Y◦[...]
[...]⸢and⸣ I/you/she sent (word) [...]
[...]{D|R} (by the) life of[ Yahô! ...]
[...]◦{D|R} ˀ◦[...]
[...]◦◦[...]
[...]{D|R}MYˀ[ ...]
[...] you (m.p.) [...]
[...]◦⸢YH⸣ dega[l-unit ...]
[...]◦ saying, “In L[...”]
[...]◦ ⸢1⸣ ha⸢ndful⸣ ◦[...]
[...]Ḥ◦[...]
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. X16.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11004. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.