“Localizing 4,000 Years of Cultural History. Texts and Scripts from Elephantine Island in Egypt. ERC Grant ID: 637692,” n.d. TBA.
DAIK / SI O 4643, Fund-Nr. 38800
Röllig no. 39
Metadata
- Collection
- DAIK, Elephantine Storehouse | DAIK-Eleph
- Keyword
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- Missive
- Language
- Aramaic
- Script
- Aramaic
- Find Type
- Excavation
- Locus
- see doc_num
- Acquired
- DAIK [1987–1992]
- Material
- clay | sherd (for ostracon)
- Updated by
- James D. Moore, 2026-06-28
Röllig, Wolfgang. “Neue phönizische und aramäische Krugaufschriften und Ostraka aus Elephantine.” In The First Cataract of the Nile: One Region - Diverse Perspectives, edited by Dietrich Raue, Stephan Johannes Seidlmayer, and Philipp Speiser, 185–203. Sonderschrift (Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Abteilung Kairo) 36. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2013.
Textual Notes
This is written on a palimpsest. The palimpsest appears to be writting on the throwlines of the sherd. The overwritten text is slightly oblique to the throwlines.
cc 3; <note>perhaps produce with thorns or from a thorny plant, e.g. Ziziphus spina ?</note>
cc 5: It is clear in the high def photos that what Röllig reads as ג is a י with the leg of the above נ crossing it on the left. What he reads as a נ in he name does not paleographically match the other נ’s in the document. The reading ז is more likely.
נעמראו: perhaps a name?
cv 4: (Note: R = פ)
as for the element נעמ see the Yehawmilk Stele (KAI 10 = CIS I 1), for which it is used as quid pro quo "good things" (Akk. ṭabtu = Aram טבת) from the diety to the patron/benefactor. Search DB for other names.
Text and Translation
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James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore
James Moore Last updated 07 April, 2026 by James D. Moore
Send (m.p.) the pot!
and they shall fill it for you (m.p.)
(with) KBs/(with) thorns(?), also a vessel
for the malt. Now,
Maˁuzyah must go
[...]◦ŠṬ◦[...]
[...]◦⸢ˀ⸣
Send me a basket
(with) the ..., which
[◦]GT◦ to you
in exchange for / exchanged NˁMRˀ{W|Ḥ}.
Also, the linen
send me!
Moore, James D.. 'DAIK / SI O 4643, Fund-Nr. 38800.' DEAPS. 26 Feb, 2026. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11832. Accessed: 02 Jul, 2026.