CG no. 223
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
- Text Direction Side 1
- parallel (∥) to the material's lines
- Text Direction Side 2
- parallel (∥) to the material's lines
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
- References
-
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . erc 313107.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 223.
“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
Is it possible that this is Ma̱hseyah son of Yedanyah who was the father of Miptaḥyah??!!
cc 7: Lemaire, “Review,” rd. זבדו.
cv 1: So too Lemaire, “Review”.
cc Lozachmeur
1. שלמ נתנ כענ אמר
2. ◦◦◦◦י עמ {כ|נ|י}עבדו
3. ◦◦◦◦◦קלה
4. ◦◦◦◦◦ ולא ◦◦◦
5. ◦ל◦ לכמ עקנ
6. מ◦◦◦◦◦◦ ה◦◦◦
7. ...ו 𐡘 ז 𐡘𐡘 ו◦◦ה◦◦זה
8. 𐡘𐡘𐡘𐡘𐡘𐡘𐡘𐡘
CV Lozachmeur
1. בהמ עחנ {𐡛|ו} כענ
2. הושר{א|ת} עוד 𐡘𐡘 למחסיה
3. בר ידניה {י|א}נתנ ◦◦הו◦
4. קבנ 𐡘𐡘𐡘 לפסמי ◦◦◦
5. חרסיסי ימלא◦
6. לה
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
⸢Greetings, Nathan. Now, say
⸢to ˀAḥûṭab⸣ saying, “They shall make/ (it) shall be done
... ⸢from⸣ his/her voice
◦◦◦◦◦ ⸢M◦◦⸣ˀ ◦◦◦
...◦ to you (m.p.) wood
ve⸢ssel⸣(s) ...H 13
◦◦◦(imv.m.p.) 1, meat, all
◦◦ ◦ (+)8
in the hand of ˀAḥnô. Now,
you sent 1 wood to Maḥse\yah/
son of Yedan⸢yah⸣. I will give [ba]⸢rley⸣
2 qabs to Psamšek [son of]
Harsîsî. I will fill ...-l
for him.
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 223.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11027. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.