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o.mon.epiph.154
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Letter sent through Bishop Abraham concerning an apokleros. A fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter sent through Abraham, bishop (of Hermonthis), asking the addressee to go somewhere and, if he cannot, to leave the apokleros with the priest. It comes from the Theban area and dates to the late 6th or early 7th century AD. machine translation
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Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 86687.
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- Letter HGV-meta Theben (Ägypten)Ende VI - Anfang VII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Coptic
· Coptic
Transcription
[r]
† ϣⲟⲣⲡ μέν ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
ⲉϥⲉⲥ ⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ
ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲅⲃⲱⲕ […]
[…]ⲛ ⲉⲙⲓ ⲙⲡⲁ[…]
ϣⲏⲣⲏ ⲫⲉⲩ […]
[v]
ⲛⲧⲣ ϣⲁ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ […]
ⲁⲛ ⲧⲛⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲩ…[…]
ⲉⲕⲧⲙⲃⲱⲕ ⲕⲱ ⲛⲛἀπόκληρος ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲡπρεσβύτερος ⲥⲉⲛⲉⲧⲱⲙ
ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲁⲃⲣⲁϩⲁⲙ
ⲡἐπίσκοποςTranslations (1)
[recto]
† First, I greet you, my lord. May he (God?) bless you. Be so kind as to go […] […] Emi (?) my […] son (?) Pheu […]
[verso]
[…] when I come to you […] we do not know […] If you do not go, leave the apokleros (share of inheritance?); give it to the priest; they will [bury (?)] […]
Through Abraham the bishop.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86687 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;154 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86687 tier-1
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