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Letter requesting prayers and a blessing for a sick son. Fragmentary Coptic letter of the first half of the 7th century AD from the Theban region. The writer greets the recipient, mentions a sick son, asks for prayers and for a blessing to be sent, and refers to an Apa Kyri[…] the anchorite. machine translation
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TM 86783.
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- Letter HGV-meta Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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Transcription
[…] ϯπροσκυνεῖν ⲁⲩⲱ ϯἀσπάζεσθαι ⲛ[…]
[…]ϥ ⲛⲧⲁψυχή ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ϯⲥⲟⲡⲥ […]
[…]ϣⲉⲣⲉ ⲉⲧϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲉ[…]
[…]…ϩⲟⲓⲧⲉ ϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲛ ϫⲉ ⲟⲩⲇⲁ[…]
[…]ⲧⲱⲃϩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲓⲥⲟⲡⲥⲡ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲓ[…]
[…]ⲧⲉ ϫⲉ ⲉⲕⲛⲁⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲛ[…]
[…]ⲡⲁⲓ…ⲛ…ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲧⲁⲣⲟⲩϣ…[…]
[…] κατά ⲥⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲕⲩⲣⲓ[…]
[…] ⲡἀναχωρητής † ⲡⲁⲛⲧⲱⲛ[…]
ⲡⲉⲕϣ[…]Translations (1)
[…] I greet and I salute […]
[…] of my soul. Thereafter I beseech […]
[…] the son who is sick with us […]
[…] garment (?). I do not know whether […]
[…] pray and I beseech and I […]
[…] that you will send us a blessing […]
[…] this […] wish, so that they […]
[…] in every way. Apa Kyri[…]
[…] the anchorite. † Pantōn[…]
Your […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86783 primary
- DDbDP-Text p.mon.epiph;;250 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86783 tier-1
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