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CG no. X16

Metadata

Collection
Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres, Paris, France | AIBL (Public)
Keyword
  • Missive
Language
Aramaic
Script
Aramaic
Find Type
Unprovenanced: Aquisition
Acquired
AIBL (Clermont-Ganneau Collection)
Material
clay | sherd (for ostracon)
Palimpsest?
true
Text Direction Side 1
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Text Direction Side 2
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Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-06-28
Date (Metadata)
Gregorian -525 to -399 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
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.
References: 313180.
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.
References: X016.
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 07 April, 2026 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: 30 Jun, 2026.