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o.frange.538 Theben

Fragmentary letter greeting a mother. Opening lines of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, in which the humble writer greets his beloved mother and others. Only the conventional opening formulas survive; the body of the letter is lost. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 220075. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

ⲛϣⲟⲣⲡ μέν ⲙⲡϣⲁϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧἐλάχιστος ⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲙⲙⲁⲁⲩ ⲥ[…] … ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ […] ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ […] ⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩ[…] ⲛ…[…] [… ? lines lost …]

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
First of all, [before] the word, I, [the] most humble one, [write] greeting [my beloved] mother S[…] … all […] and after this […] that which […] […] […]

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (3)

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