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o.frange.43 Theben

Letter asking a brother to send a small 'soure'. A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, in which the writer greets a fellow monk ('your brotherhood') and asks him kindly to send a small quantity of something (souré, perhaps thorn or a small tool) because they have none. It closes with a farewell in the Lord and a request for prayers. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

ϩⲁ ⲑⲉ μέν ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ ⲣ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩⲣⲉ ϣⲏⲙ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲧⲛϫⲓ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Before (?) all things I write greeting your honoured brotherhood. Be so kind and send [me] a small thorn (?) for us; we have none, (or) we will take it for ourselves. Farewell in the Lord. Pray for me.

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Found at Thebes

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