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o.frange.279 Theben

Fragmentary letter with request for prayers. A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes. Little of the body survives beyond a mention of cheeses (?) and a garment (?); it ends with the usual monastic request that the recipient pray for the writer by lifting up his holy hands, followed by a farewell in the Lord. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

ⲁ…[…] …[…] ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ …[…] ⲥⲟⲛ ϥⲣ…ⲉ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲙ […]…ⲁⲓ ⲛⲕⲁⲕⲉ ⲛⲛ …ⲁⲕ[…]ⲥⲁⲕ…ⲁⲧⲁ … ⲥⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲁⲗⲱⲙ … … ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲛ … ⲥⲱⲥ ⲉⲥ ⲧϭⲟⲟⲗⲉⲥ ⲛⲁ … ⲉⲧ… ⲉϩⲟ… ⲱⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ⲱ… …ⲧⲁⲛⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲛ… ⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ϩⲛ ϥⲓ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲛⲉⲕϭⲓϫ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ …[…] …[…]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] […] I write […] […] brother (?) […] in the Lord in […] … darkness (?) of the […] […] … six (?) cheeses (?) … … which […] … a garment (?) … […] […] David (?) […] […] (?) […] […] out. Be so kind as to pray for me, lifting up your holy hands. Farewell in the [Lord]. […] […]

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (3)

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