“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 2860, Fund-Nr. 28711
Röllig no. 44
Metadata
- Collection
- DAIK, Elephantine Storehouse | DAIK-Eleph
- Keyword
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- missive
- 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
Fold break on right edge.
See Röllig 185 and footnotes to von Pilgrim. This was found in the
Uncertain that this is written cc.
שערנ: Röllig notes that the word should be שערנ. It is. This form of the ר is found on multiple documents from Elephantine, mostly in common words such as בר “son.”
shall bring it.: In Aramaic in inanimate objects are “brought” with √יבל. People and animals are “lead” √דבר (contra Röllig).
וחפה: the ח is clear, though the left stroke merges with the tale of the פ, perhaps leading Röllig to read ת. I read the word here as a proper name and the subject of the verb. The name is unattested.
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
Wḥph shall bring it.
Barley.
Moore, James D.. 'DAIK / SI O 2860, Fund-Nr. 28711.' DEAPS. 26 Feb, 2026. https://deaps.osu.edu/text_objects/11837. Accessed: 01 Jul, 2026.