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o.frange.87 Theben

Letter to brother Lazaros asking him to come and bring oil. A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes asking a brother named Lazaros to drop everything and come early. The writer also asks him to fill a jar with oil and bring it, promising that God will repay him many times over. machine translation

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Linked by Trismegistos ID TM 141009. Each record below describes this same artifact or text from a different angle.

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

[r] ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγαπή ⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲗⲁⲍⲁⲣⲟⲥ ⲛⲅⲕⲱ ϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲛⲥⲱⲕ ⲛⲅϣⲱⲣⲡ ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ [v] ⲧⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲙⲟⲩϩ ⲧⲉⲉⲕⲱⲛⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲓ ⲛⲛⲉϩ ⲛⲅⲛⲧⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲟⲛ ⲛϩⲁϩ ⲛⲕⲱⲃ ⲛⲕⲱⲃ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
[recto] Please, my brother Lazaros, leave everything behind you and come to me early. [verso] This is the one (?) I found you. Fill this jar (?) of oil and bring it to me. God will give it back to you many times over, manifold, manifold.

Connections

Found at Thebes

Cross-references (3)

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