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o.frange.635 Theben
Letter asking a holy man to pray for a sick brother. A Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, addressed to a respected holy man. The writer thanks him for his letters, asks for his prayers for an illness they suffered, and reports that the writer's brother has been ill for eight days with a spreading ailment, asking him to pray for him. machine translation
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TM 220173.
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- (untitled record) HGV-meta Theben601
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· Coptic
Transcription
ϣⲟⲣⲡ μέν ⲧⲛπροσκυνεῖν ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ κατά ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
ⲛⲉⲧφορεῖν ⲙⲡⲉΧριστός ϩⲛ ⲟⲩⲙⲉ ⲁⲓϫⲉⲓ
ⲛⲉⲓⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛεὐλάβεια ⲁⲓⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲡⲉⲧⲛⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϩⲏⲧⲟⲩ ⲁⲡⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲙⲧⲟⲛ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ
ἐπειδή ⲁⲓϫⲁⲩ ⲡⲣⲡⲙⲉⲩⲉ ⲙⲡⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛϣⲱⲛⲉ ⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲧⲁϩⲟⲛ ϩⲁ ⲑⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲧⲛⲣ
ⲡⲉⲛⲙⲉⲩⲉ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲧⲛϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉⲓⲣⲉ
ⲙⲡⲉϥⲛⲁ ⲉϫⲱⲛ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲣ ⲡⲙⲉⲩⲉ […]
ⲛϩⲟⲩⲟ δέ ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ϥϣⲱⲛⲉ […]
ⲥⲡⲓⲣ ⲛⲟⲩⲱⲙ ⲉϥϫⲁⲗⲕ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ […]
ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϥϥⲕ…[…]
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲑϩⲏ ⲥϫⲉⲣⲁⲉⲓⲧ[…]
ⲣ ⲡⲛⲁ οὖν ⲛⲁⲙⲉⲣⲁⲧⲉ […]
ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱϥ ⲛ[…]
ⲛⲧ[…]Translations (1)
First, we greet your holy and honoured fatherhood (?) according to the Lord, you who bear Christ in truth. I received the letters of your piety; I learned of your well-being from them, and our heart was greatly comforted.
Since I told you to remember the little illness that had struck us at the time, I ask your fatherhood to remember us in your holy prayers, [so that God may show] his mercy upon us. Now remember […]
Moreover, my brother, he is ill […] a gnawing ulcer (?) spreading […] eight days, and he […]
and the belly is disturbed (?) […]
Have mercy, then, my beloved […] pray for him […]
[…]
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Thebes
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 220173 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.frange;;635 tier-1
- HGV-Text 220173 tier-1
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