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o.frange.404 Theben

Fragmentary text and letter opening from Moses to his fathers. An ostracon from Thebes bearing two short Coptic texts. The first is a fragmentary opening with a self-introduction ("I, T…"); the second is the opening of a letter in which Moses, calling himself "the least," greets his "God-loving fathers," probably monks. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 219943. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

[text A] ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧ[…] ⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ⲙⲛ[…] ⲧⲉ ⲛⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ […] …lin [text B] ϩⲁⲑⲉ ⲙⲉⲛ ⲙⲡⲁϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛἐλάχιστος ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲁⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[text A] I, T[…] the word (or: matter) with […] […] of the years […] … [text B] Before my word, I, the least one, write greeting my God-loving fathers. Moses

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (3)

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