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o.frange.638 Theben

Letter from Abraham to John about sending wheat. A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Abraham to John, asking him to be so kind as to send something, apparently a quantity of wheat, and mentioning that someone will come to him the next day. It comes from the Theban region. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 220176. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ ⲉⲧⲥϩⲁⲓ […] ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ϫⲉ ⲣⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲅ[…] ⲟⲩⲙⲛⲧ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲧⲓ[…] ⲡⲙⲏ ⲛⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲛ… ϫⲟⲟⲥⲟⲩ ⲁⲓⲃⲁⲕⲟⲩ ⲁⲓⲃⲱⲕ […] ⲧⲁϣⲙⲟⲩⲛⲉ ϩⲱⲧ ϫⲟⲟⲩⲥⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲥⲁⲩⲧⲛ ⲡⲙⲁ ϣⲁⲣⲉⲫⲏⲃⲃⲉ ⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲣⲁⲥⲧⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
I, Abraham, am the one who writes […] John: Be so kind as to […] a measure (?) of wheat (?) […] tomorrow (?) […] Send them; I went, I went […] eight; send them to me also, straight away (?), the place (?) […] Phibbe (?) comes to me tomorrow. Farewell.

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (3)

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