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o.frange.28 Theben

Greetings to Apa Elias and his household. Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban area, of which only the greeting survives. The writer, whose name is lost, greets his beloved brother Apa Elias and all the members of his household in the Lord. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 140916. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

[… ? lines lost …] ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩϥ ⲁⲡⲁ ϩⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲁ ⲡⲉⲕⲏⲓ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ χαιρεῖν

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] greeting [his] beloved lord, the good brother Apa Elias. After this, I greet those of your house, all of them, in the Lord. Farewell.

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (3)

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