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An Papa Anouph via HGV-meta

Letter from a monastic father to Papa Anouph about animals and a tablet. A fragmentary Coptic letter from a monastic superior ('our father') to his spiritual son Papa Anouph, apparently asking for animals to be sent and urging him not to neglect a writing tablet. It dates to the 7th-8th century AD and comes from Bawit in the Hermopolite region. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

† ⲡⲉⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲡⲉⲧⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲡⲡⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲟⲩⲫ ϫⲉ ⲧⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲉⲣⲙⲛϩⲧⲟ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲃⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ ⲉⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡⲉϫⲛⲟⲟⲩⲉ ἀλλά ⲙⲡⲣἀμελεῖν ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲉπλάξ ⲉⲓ ⲉⲧⲟⲟⲧ ⲧⲁⲧⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ …[…]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
† Our father, who writes to his son, Papa Anouph: [...] Send the horses (?) [and the] animals, according to the word [in] the questions (?). But [do not] neglect the tablet; [let it come to me] so that I may send it to you. […]

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