CG no. 199
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
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- References
-
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 313083.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 199.
“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
cv 5: HL: “brûlant dans le feu”.
cc Lozachmeur
1. [...א]נתמ יהבת
2. [...ב] דר פ◦ לא
3. [...]⸣ה א⸢פ לחמ
4. [...הו]שרתמ לה
cv Lozachmeur
1. ולא כנ ע[בד...]
2. הנ לו תזפנ[ה...]
3. זפי והוש⸣ר⸢[י...]
4. אזר ה⸣ל⸢ו אל ⸣ת⸢[...]
5. חראנ באשתא [...]
TR Lozachmeur
1. שלח מנ מ{ר|נ}י[ה...]
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
[... (as for) y]ou (m.p.), I gave
[...]⸢B⸣DR and ⸢f⸣ill/⸢f⸣ull
[...]⸢H⸣. Moreover, bread
[... se]nd (m.p.) to him/her
But not thus ˁ[...]
If not, you shall borrow
Borrow (f.s.) and send[ (f.s.) ...]
Beware (m.p.)! ⸢You⸣ must not [...]
shit in the fire[ ...]
sent from ◦◦◦[...]
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 199.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11006. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.