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o.frange.178 Theben

Letter urging the addressee to come quickly. A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban area. The writer urges the addressee to come to him quickly, mentions seeking someone and closes by asking to be greeted or sought after 'a hundred times'. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

ⲃⲱⲕ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲣⲱ ϯⲛⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲁⲛ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲕⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲉⲕⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲡⲉⲧⲉⲙⲟⲩⲧ ⲉⲕⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ […]ⲟⲡ ταχύς […] πιστεύειν […]ⲱⲥⲕ ⲟⲛ […] ταχύς ⲙⲁⲓ[…]ⲕ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲕ […]ⲱ ⲕϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ […]ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲛϣⲙⲙⲁⲓ ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲱⲓ ⲡⲁⲣⲁⲣⲁⲕ ⲛϣⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲡ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Go away today, for I will not find you anyway (?). If you want me to find you, when you go to the one who is dead (?), come to me [...] quickly. [...] to believe [...] again [...] quickly [...] again, you [...] you seek after [...] not a man (?) of strangers (?) Ask after me through (?) you a hundred times.

Connections

Found at Thebes

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