CG no. 236
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. . 313120.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 236.
“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 2: HL “polis” follows AD-S’s suggestion. Alt. read from √צלח “chopped” with elision of ל, as in root סלק. Or reading √צלי “to be thirsty” may refer to thirsty humans/animals. Note the river is mentioned in the next line.
Text and Translation
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James Moore
James Moore
[... ]to P⸢M⸣[...]
[...]◦ if Ḥ[...]
is kno⸢wn⸣. And moreover, [...]
or to me/not no⸢t⸣/LT[...]
I/you (m.s.)/she bought/sold [...]
For,[ ...]
[...] desired[ ...]
[...]21 (to) Ṣeḥi/a and you/she shall gi⸢ve⸣
[...]◦L under (the) river
[...]Hˀ ⸢to Yahô⸣
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 236.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11103. Accessed: 21 Jan, 2026.