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jcoptstud.20.7 VII
Lettre de condoléances d'une nourrice via HGV-meta
Letter of condolence from Maria the nurse to Talau. A Coptic letter of condolence from Maria, a nurse, to her 'sister' Talau, expressing grief at the death of a girl she calls her daughter and comforting her with hope of the resurrection. It also sends greetings to Apion, Epimachos and the household. It dates to the 7th century AD. machine translation
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TM 39338.
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- Lettre de condoléances d'une nourrice HGV-meta unbekanntVII
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Transcription
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† ϩⲁ ⲑⲏ μέν ⲛϩⲱϥ ⲛⲓⲙ ϯπροσκυνεῖν ⲛⲧⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲡκύριος
ⲁⲡⲓⲱⲛ ⲙⲛ ⲉⲡⲓⲙⲁⲭⲉ ⲡⲛ… ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ
κατά ⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ⲁⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ
ⲙⲕⲁϩ ⲛⲧⲁⲓⲥⲱⲧⲙ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲧⲁϣⲉⲉⲣ ϫⲉ ⲁⲥⲙⲟⲩ
ἀλλά ⲉⲣⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲣⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲉⲁⲛⲁⲥⲧⲁⲥⲓⲁ ⲛϥⲧⲓ ⲟⲩⲛⲟϭ
ⲛⲁϩⲉ ⲛⲁⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲉⲛⲣⲱⲙⲉ
ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ κατά ⲛⲉⲩⲣⲁⲛ ϩⲁⲣⲟⲓ † ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ
ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ †
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† ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲥⲱⲛⲉ ⲧⲁⲗⲁⲩ † ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ
ⲧⲙⲟⲟⲛⲉ †Translations (1)
[recto]
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† First of all, I greet your sisterly affection and my lord brother, the lord Apion, and Epime(a)chos (?) our […], and our people by their names. God knows my heart grieved greatly when I heard about my daughter, that she had died. But God is watching over the resurrection, and he will give her a great life. And may God greet all our people by their names for me. † Farewell in the Lord †
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† Give it to my sister Talau, † from Maria the nurse †
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 39338 primary
- DDbDP-Text jcoptstud;20;7 tier-1
- HGV-Text 39338 tier-1
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