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CG no. 052

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 312936.
  • Lozachmeur, Hélène 2006. 52.

“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: a letter MAY have been erased at the end of the line. cv 2-3: [בר] would be at the end of line 2.
cv 5: OLD NOTE: {על חני is written sandhi. The name Ḥannî is known from WDSP 5.8, but not yet from Elephantine. Perhaps it is a nickname (so too Dušek, CHANE 30, 188) and probably a shortening of Ḥanan or Ḥananyah, both of which are common at Elephantine. One is tempted to read חפי "(the god) Ḥapî," but without attestation in Aramaic, this remains speculative. } 
Lozachmeur 
cc 1. [... ]מלאתמל 2. [...]◦שערנ 𐡘𐡘𐡘[...] 3. [...]◦ ספר 4. [...ס]פריא[...] 5. [...]לכ[...] cv 1. [...]על ספר[א...] 2. [...]קפירא מ{ה|ח} 3. [...]רת סונ 4. [...] ולצחא[◦...] 5. [...]על מנכ[...] 6. [...]{מ|ת|ל}[...]

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

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

[... ]you (m.p.) filled
[...]◦ barley, 3
[...] ⸢the⸣ document
[... ]the [po]t⸢s⸣
[... (sent word)] to you (m.s.)
concerning the document. [...]
the pot ⸢br⸣[ing]/⸢br⸣[ought ...]
the order of Syene ◦[...]
and to Ṣeḥaˀ
to ⸢hi⸣m
◦◦◦◦[...]
Moore, James D., Matthew Herzog. 'CG no. 052.' DEAPS. 12 Dec, 2025. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11155. Accessed: 20 Jan, 2026.