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p.koeln.aegypt.2.19

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Fragmentary letter concerning a donkey. Fragmentary Coptic letter concerning a donkey that someone handed over and that is being sent or brought to the addressees. It closes with a Christian farewell formula. It dates to the 8th century AD and comes from Bawit in the Hermopolite nome. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] […]…[…]…[…] […] ⲁϥἄρχεσθαι ⲉϣⲟϫⲡ ⲡⲓⲱ ⲁϥⲧⲁⲁϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲓⲉⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲙⲟϥ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ⲡⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ϣⲁϥἀρέσκειν ⲛⲏⲧⲛ ⲕⲁ…[…] […] ἀλλά ⲧⲉⲩⲟ ⲡⲧⲱϣ ⲡⲉ ⲉϥⲡⲉⲉⲧ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ […] […] ϩⲓ ⲧⲉⲛⲥⲉⲛⲉ ⲛⲛϩⲟⲩⲙ ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲙⲟⲥ ⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ […] […]… ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲛ ⲧεἰρήνη ⲛⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[… lines lost …] […] […] […] […] he began (?) to […] the donkey; he gave it to me and [I am bringing (?)] it to you, and it always pleases you […] […] but it is the boundary (?) […] it (?) […] to you […] […] for (?) our brother(s) of the bronze (?) […]; send it; God […] […] Farewell in the Lord, in the peace of God.

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