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Ein Brief mit der Bitte um Intervention via HGV-meta

Letter requesting intervention. Fragmentary Coptic letter of the 8th century in which the writer asks the addressee, addressed as lord, to intervene on his behalf, mentioning a man who spoke to him and a 'great man' to be approached. It ends with a farewell in the Lord. machine translation

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Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

[…] ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲩ…[…] […]ϣⲁϫⲉ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ […] […] ⲉⲧⲃⲏⲏⲧ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲁϥϩⲓ[…] […] ⲡⲉϫⲉϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲧⲛ […] […]… ⲉⲡⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ […] […] παραβάλλειν ⲙⲙⲟⲕ […] […]ⲧἀγάπη ⲛϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ […] […]… ⲛⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ […] […]ⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲙⲁⲓ […] […] ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲙⲉⲣⲉ…[…] […]ⲕ ⲉⲙⲟⲓ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉⲕⲥⲱⲧⲙ […] […]… ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ⲙⲉⲛⲉⲛⲥⲱⲥ […] […] καὶ γάρ ⲃἀνακρίνειν […] […] ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ϫⲉ ⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲧⲉⲛ[…] […] ⲡⲱϫⲉϭ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲙⲛⲧⲁⲓ[…] […]ⲛ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ[…] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] [Be so] kind as to send […] […] word indeed, the man […] […] concerning us. He took (?) […] […] he said to me, "Know […]" […] to the great man […] […] to approach you […] […] kindness, lord […] […] today. If […] […] tomorrow (?) this one with me […] […] [if] not, do not let […] […] you to me until you hear […] […] to us. Afterwards […] […] for indeed to examine […] […] to me, "Come […]" […] [decide] the end of [this matter (?)] […] […] farewell in [the] Lord […] [… ? lines lost …]

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