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o.frange.161 Theben

Letter urging a meeting and requesting a letter to a mother. A Coptic ostracon letter from western Thebes, probably from the monastic milieu, in which the writer urges the recipient to come and meet him and asks that a letter be written and sent to a mother concerning a family matter. It closes with an instruction involving Azarias that the recipient come alone to his son. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

ἐπειδή ⲁⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲕⲉⲥⲟⲡ ϫⲉ ⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲙⲉⲕⲉⲓ ⲙⲉⲕⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲟⲩⲃⲗϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲥⲙⲉϩ ⲙⲙⲏ ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲓⲣ ⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲯⲁⲧⲉ ⲛⲅⲱϣ ⲧⲉⲃⲗⲗϫⲉ ⲉⲧⲉϥⲙⲁⲁⲩ ϫⲉ ⲡⲁⲣⲓⲕⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲁⲥⲧⲱⲧ ⲡⲉⲥϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲉⲥⲡⲱⲧ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲓⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲧⲉϣⲏⲣⲉ ϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲛⲁⲩ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁⲍⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲉⲕⲛⲁⲧⲱϣ ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲙⲡⲣⲉⲓ ⲙⲛ ⲕⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ ϣⲁ ⲡⲉⲕϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲧⲉ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Since I have written to you on other occasions, saying "Come so that I may meet you," come! Write a letter for me (?), filled with water of Hirmoushe (?) and Psate, and send the letter to his mother, so that she (?) may be persuaded (?), for her heart is at ease with her, and she does not flee from that man before a son is born (?) at that very hour, at any time. Azarias: when you decide and come to meet you, do not come with anyone else, (but) only to your son.

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Found at Thebes

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