CG no. 239
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
-
- Lepper, Verena M. et al. . 313123.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 239.
“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
This short missive is interesting for a number of reasons:
–the writer breaks words with line breaks.
–the addressee's full name is written.
–commands to leave things/places/people are fairly uncommon.
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cc Lozachmeur
1. שלמ מש
2. למ בר
3. הושע
4. כענ
cv Lozachmeur
1. הושר
2. לי כרי
3. צ
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, Mešu-llam
son of
Hôšeˁa
Now,
In⸢deed l⸢ea-⸣⸢ve⸣
{◦K◦YṢ |◦K◦YT}
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 239.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11100. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.