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o.frange.74 Theben

Letter from Moyses asking a superior to send someone. A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes, signed by Moyses, asking a senior cleric (addressed as 'your fatherliness') to kindly send someone, if the matter is lawful and agreeable to him. It closes with a greeting in the Lord. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

[r] ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ, ⲡνόμος ϩⲁϩⲧⲏⲕ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ, ⲡϩⲱⲃ, ἀρέσκειν ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ, ⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ⲙⲡⲁϩⲁⲧⲣⲉ ⲛⲧⲁ [v]ⲟϣϥ ⲛⲧⲁⲛⲧϥ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Be so kind: if the law (?) is with you, and if the matter is pleasing to your fatherliness, send him to me with my twin (?) [...] [verso] ... so that we may bring him to you (?). Farewell in the Lord. Moyses

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (3)

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