CG no. 215
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
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- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 313099.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. CG no. 215.
“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.
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
Now, if he did not take
the measure, give (f.s.) ⸢the⸣ reeds/exchanges,
3 of them, to Mešullam.
And he shall compare it for y[ou] (f.s.) ⸢to⸣ woo⸢d⸣(-units).
And 1 belongs to Gemaryah son of
Ši⸢llem,⸣
and 1 belongs to ˀAḥnû, and 1
belongs to Malkyah son of Neferpasˁi
Gi⸢v⸣e (f.s.) from their brothers/kind.
According to this (are) the reeds/exchanges (err. metathesis L < > P). And when
They shall give them to you (f.s.),
pu⸢t⸣ then into 1 vessel,
and send them to /me\
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 215.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11021. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.