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Letter from Elias to Apa Moses asking for a book at Easter. A Coptic ostracon letter from Elias to Apa Moses asking him to send a book on the first day of Easter because it is urgently needed. Elias also complains that Moses did not come as expected. From the Theban region. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

[r] ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟⲕ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲕⲉⲣ ⲡⲛⲁ⳿ ⲛⲅⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲡϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϣⲟⲣⲡ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙπάσχα ϫⲉ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ οὐδέ ⲟⲛ ⲙⲡⲕⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲓϩⲉ ⲉⲟⲩⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲁϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲉ[…] […]ⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϫⲓⲧϥ ⲛⲕⲉⲙⲁ[…] [v] ⲉⲓⲙⲉⲉⲩⲉ ϫⲉ ⲕⲛⲏⲩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲙⲡⲕⲉⲓ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ϩⲏⲗⲓⲁⲥ ⲡⲉⲕⲥⲟⲛ ⲛἐλάχιστος

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] I greet your honoured brotherhood. I inform you: please be so kind as to send me the book on the first day of Easter (Pascha), because the need is great. Nor again did you send it to me, because I did not find anyone to whom I could give them […] […] so that I might take it elsewhere (?) […] [verso] I thought that you would come in, but you did not come. Farewell. Deliver it to our honoured brother Apa Moses, from Elias, your brother, the least.

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Found at Thebes

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