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CG no. X18

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)
Text Direction Side 1
parallel (∥) to the material's lines
Text Direction Side 2
perpendicular (⟂) to the material's lines
Updated by
James D. Moore, 2026-01-18
Date (Metadata)
Gregorian -525 to -399 [Persian, 5th cent. BCE]
References
  • Lepper, Verena M. et al. . 313182.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. X018.
General Notes
Sherd from an egyptian vessel.

“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. 03: The second ◦ looks like מ. cc Lozachmeur 1. [...] וא [...]
2. [...] לכמ א[...]
3. [...]◦⸣ל נ⸢ג{ר|ד}⸣נ⸢[...]
4. [...]◦⸣ל⸢[...] CV Lozachmeur 1. [...]ס{פ|ר}י⸣נ⸢[...]
2. [...]כא א⸣ח⸢◦[...]
3. [...]⸣אפ בר⸢[...]

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James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore

side: cc line: 01
side: cc line: 02
side: cc line: 03
side: cc line: 04
side: cv line: 01
side: cv line: 02
side: cv line: 03

James Moore Last updated 06 August, 2025 by James D. Moore

[...] ⸢Now,⸣[ ...]
[...] to you (m.p.) ◦[...]
[...]◦◦ {Bagadana |carpenters |magistrates} [...]
[...]◦◦◦[...]
[... ]kni⸢fe⸣[ ...]
[...]◦ˀ ˀḤ◦[...]
[... ]⸢More⸣over, ⸢malt⸣[...]
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. X18.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11048. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.