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o.frange.53 Theben
Letter from Frange to Kyrikos ordering a jar from the potter. A Coptic ostracon letter from the monk Frange to his spiritual father Kyrikos, greeting Apa Isidoros and his son Abraham and asking for prayers. On the back he cancels a request for an ampulla and asks instead that the potter make him a kothon jar of 3 xestai with a thick, wide base and two handles, sent urgently. It comes from the Theban area. machine translation
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TM 140973.
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta Theben701
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Coptic
· Coptic
Transcription
[r]
ⲡⲉⲓἐλάχιστος ϥⲣⲁⲛⲅⲉ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲉϥⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ϯἀσπάζειν ⲙⲡⲉϩⲗⲟϭ
ⲛⲛⲁⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲙⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲥⲓⲇⲱⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ
ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧⲛⲟϭ
ⲛἀγάπη ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲓ ⲛⲧⲉ
ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ϯ ⲑⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡⲉπέλαγος
ⲛκόσμος ⲉⲧⲙⲉϩ ⲛϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲓⲙ ϩⲓ
ⲙⲕⲁϩ ⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ
ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
[v]
ⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲕⲟⲥ ἐπειδή
ⲁⲓϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲕ ϩⲁ ⲟⲩἀμπούλλη ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲙⲡⲣⲥⲉⲛⲁⲩ ἀμπούλλη ϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲱⲧ ⲛϥⲕⲱⲧ ⲟⲩκώθων ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉϥϣⲱⲡ ⲛϣⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲛξέστης ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲥ
ⲛⲁϥ ⲛϥⲙⲁⲗϩϥ ⲛⲁⲓ καλῶς ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲥ
ⲛⲁϥ ⲛϥⲕⲱ ⲧⲉϥβάσις ⲉⲥⲟⲩⲟⲙⲧ
ⲛϥϯ ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲙⲙⲁⲁϫⲉ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉⲩⲧⲉⲕ καλῶς ⲛⲅⲁⲁⲥ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧἐλάχιστος ⲛϥⲕⲱ ⲡⲛⲟϭ ⲛκώθων ⲛⲁⲕ
ⲛⲅϫⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ταχύς ταχύς ϫⲉ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ
ϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲕⲱⲧ
ⲛϥⲕⲱ ⲧⲉϥβάσις
ⲉⲥⲟⲩⲟϣⲥTranslations (1)
[recto]
The most humble Frange, writing and greeting his beloved, God-loving father Kyrikos. After this, I greet and salute the sweetness of my holy, God-loving fathers Apa Isidoros and his son, my brother Abraham. Do the great charity of praying for me, so that God may give me rest (?) in this sea of the world which is full of every suffering and grief of every heart. Farewell in the Lord.
[verso]
My father Kyrikos: since I sent you word about an ampulla, now do not look for an ampulla. Tell the potter to make (?) a kothon for me that holds 3 xestai, and tell him to fire (?) it well for me, and tell him to make its base thick, and to put two handles on it, set firmly (?), well; and do it for God's sake, and also for the sake of my humility. And let him make the large kothon for you, and send it to me quickly, quickly, for the need is very, very great. Tell the potter to make its base wide.
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 140973 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.frange;;53 tier-1
- HGV-Text 140973 tier-1
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