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o.frange.771 Theben

Letter from the presbyter Viktor to the anchorite Moses asking for a book. A Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban area in which the presbyter Viktor asks the anchorite Moses to send him a book by a brother acting as messenger, promising to return it. He stresses that the need is urgent. machine translation

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Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

[r] […] ϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛ[…] […]ⲛ ⲉⲧⲛⲁⲛⲟⲩⲥ ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ϯπαρακαλεῖν ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲕⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲡϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲓⲧⲙ ⲡⲉⲓⲥⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲅⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲓⲧⲟⲟⲧϥ ϫⲉ ϣⲁⲕϫⲓⲟⲩ ϩⲓⲱⲱϥ ⲛⲧⲛⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲟⲩϣⲡ ϩⲙⲟⲧ ἀλλά πάντως [v] […]ⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲛ ⲟⲩσπουδή ϫⲉ ⲕⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲡἀναχωρητής ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ ⲡⲓἐλάχιστος ⲙπρεσβύτερος †

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] […] greeting your brotherliness […] who are good and after them (?). I exhort your brotherliness to send me the book through this brother, and send it to me through him, so that you may receive it again and we send it back to you, with thanks. But by all means [verso] […] send it to me with haste, for you know that the need is very, very great. Deliver it to the God-loving brother Moses the anchorite, from Viktor the most humble presbyter. †

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Found at Thebes

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