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o.frange.56 Theben

Letter to brother Pher requesting material for brickmaking. A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban area, in which the writer greets a brother named Pher and asks him to provide a quantity of some material, apparently for brickmaking, promising not to delay in repaying or returning it. It closes with a Christian farewell. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

[r] ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲫⲉⲣ ϯπροσκυνεῖν ⲙⲡⲉⲕἄγγελος ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧⲛⲟϭ ⲛἀγάπη ⲛⲅϯ ⲟⲩⲡⲁⲣⲕ ⲛϣⲉ ⲙⲯⲁⲧⲉ ⲛϥ [v]ⲛⲧⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲱⲃⲉ ⲧⲉⲡⲁⲣⲕ ϯⲛⲁⲱⲥⲕ ⲉⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲁⲛ ϫⲟⲟⲩⲥ ⲉⲧⲁ ⲡⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲕⲱⲃ ⲧⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] My brother Pher (?), I greet your angel. Do the great charity and give a bundle (?) of one hundred psate (?) […] [verso] and bring it to me so that I may brick (it?). The bundle (?): I will not delay to give it to you. Send it to my great Kob (?). Farewell in the Lord.

Connections

Found at Thebes

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