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o.frange.443 Theben

Letter to the holy man Moses asking for prayer. Fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes addressed to Moses, called 'the man of God', in which the writer, describing himself as 'the most humble', asks him to pray for him and show him mercy, and sends greetings. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 219982. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

ⲛ ϣⲓⲛ ⲙⲱ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲙⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ⲛⲛἀγάπη ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲣ ⲟⲩⲛⲁ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩⲥ ⲙⲟⲛ ϫ … ⲕϣⲓⲛ ⲙ ⲩ […]ⲗⲁⲩⲗⲟⲥ ⲡⲓⲉ ⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲉϥϣ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ μέν ⲙⲡⲁϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛἐλάχιστος ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁ[…]ⲉⲓⲇ [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[…] greet (?) […] Moses, the man of God, pray for me, by the love of God, [do] a mercy with me in the […] which is good. […] you greet […] […]laulos (?) […] First, he […] Moses. First of all, [my word (?)], the most humble one: [I write], greeting my […] […]

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Found at Thebes

Cross-references (3)

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