CG no. 072
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. . erc 312956.
- Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 72.
“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 1: The ה appears, but is not, defective because the ink ran out on the horizontal stoke.
cc 2: HL = חלב. But ב is written with two strokes, and this letter is written with one.
cv 4: There are traces of what may be a letter before ע in the photo and handcopy.
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, I/you/she sent
[...]◦ in exchange, give
[...]the milk
[...]Mˀ
Indeed, that which (belongs) to me ◦[...]
to the bread [...]
(◦)◦◦( )to me M◦[...]
take with her/him/it[ ...]
◦[...]
Moore, James D.. 'CG no. 072.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11123. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.