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⸢ [...]
Text and Translation
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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore
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.