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o.mon.epiph.175
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Letter requesting a favour from apa Johannes and apa Enoch. Coptic letter on an ostracon, written in humble monastic style, asking the recipients to show kindness and mercy and send something, and explaining that the men carrying the letter have been sent to them. It is addressed to the senior monks apa Johannes and apa Enoch, from the Theban monastic area of the first half of the 7th century AD. machine translation
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TM 86708.
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- Letter HGV-meta Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
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[…]ⲩ ⲁⲛϩⲉⲧ ⲉⲡϩⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲡ[…] ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϫⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲉⲛϩⲉⲧ ⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛⲣ […]
ⲛⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧⲉⲃⲓⲏⲛ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲉϥⲉⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛϥⲣ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲙⲙⲏⲧⲛ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲉⲓⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲥ ⲛⲙⲙⲁⲓ ⲕⲱ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲙⲛ ϭⲛ
ⲟⲩⲗⲁⲁⲩ ⲛⲧⲛϫⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲁⲛⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲣ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉⲛⲙⲛⲧἐλάχιστος ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ
ϩⲛ Ἰησοῦς ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲟⲩⲟϫ ⲉπειρασμός
ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲛ
ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲛⲉϫⲓⲥⲟⲟⲩⲉ
ⲁⲡⲁⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲛⲱⲭTranslations (1)
[…] we trusted that the day [… Do] the kindness and send it, for we trusted that you would do (?) […]
mercy, together with my poverty (humility). May the Lord God bless your lordship and show mercy to you, just as you show it to me. Forgive me, for we have not
found anyone to send to your fatherhood. Behold, the men: we have sent them to your fatherhood. Do the kindness and have mercy on our smallness. Farewell
in Jesus, being kept safe from every temptation, while you pray for us.
[Address] Give it to the masters, my father apa Johannes and apa Enoch.
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- TM-Text 86708 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;175 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86708 tier-1
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