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o.frange.631 Theben
Fragmentary letter of John asking for urgent dispatch. Fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, written by a man named John (Ioannes). He complains of being held back, invokes God as witness several times, and urgently asks the recipient to send someone or something as soon as the sherd arrives. machine translation
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TM 220169.
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta Theben601
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Transcription
[external side]
… ⲉⲛ
… ⲉⲡ …
… ⲛⲛⲏ
ⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲙⲛⲧ…ⲱϫⲉ ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲧⲉ ⲁⲓϣⲧⲱⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲁⲩ ⲉⲧⲟⲧϥ ⲛ…
… ⲁⲥ ⲉⲥϫⲟⲉⲓⲧ
ⲉⲣⲟⲓ … ⲛⲧⲉϫⲟⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩ
ϣⲏ ⲛⲏⲓ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛ ⲧⲕⲟⲩϫⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲓⲧⲕⲟⲩⲡⲏ ϣⲏⲙ ϫⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ
ϫⲉ ⲁⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ϣⲉ ⲛⲏϥ ⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲉⲛⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ⲛⲥⲁⲩⲛⲉ ⲁⲥⲉⲓ ⲁⲥϩⲓⲧ
ⲉⲡ…ⲟⲩⲓ ⲁⲥϫ…ⲧ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲙⲁⲥⲕⲁⲓ ⲉⲉⲓ
ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲧⲟⲩϣ…ⲟⲩⲧ ϫⲉ ⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧ…
ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲁ…
ⲙⲛ…ⲁⲕ ⲛϭⲟⲣⲧⲉ ⲡⲉ…
ϣⲧⲱⲣⲉ ⲓ…[…]
ϩⲉ ⲉⲓⲥ…[…]
[internal side]
ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲉⲃⲗϫⲉ ⲛⲁⲡⲱϩ ⲉⲣⲟ ⲛⲧⲉϣⲏ…
ⲛσπουδή ⲛⲧⲉϫⲁⲩⲥⲉ
ⲛⲁⲛ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ…
ⲣⲉⲛ…ϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲩϣ…
ⲧⲱⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲓ ϯⲕⲏ…
ⲉⲣ…ⲁⲥⲙ…
ⲕⲏ…ϣⲙⲙⲁ
ⲉ…ⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛTranslations (1)
[external side]
[…]
[…]
[…]
brother(s) […] word(?). Look, I have been held back there by him […]
[…] she, being sent
to me […] that you send her
for me (?), so that I may get your little child (?) out, so that I may give you a small cup (?). For God knows
that I, John, go to him with a heart (?) as if he had walked after them (?). She came, she went down
to the […], she was sent (?) to me; do not let her come
out so that they […], for my […]
God knows that John will […]
with […] you in anger […]
hold back […]
[…] look […]
[internal side]
God knows [that the] moment the sherd reaches you, the daughter (?) […]
with haste, that you send
to us. If not […]
[…] trouble, which they […]
hold me back. I […]
[…]
[…] small (?)
[…] knows
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Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 220169 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.frange;;631 tier-1
- HGV-Text 220169 tier-1
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