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o.mon.epiph.221
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Letter asking the recipient to wait until Sunday and to pray for the writer. A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monastic community at Thebes, in which the writer asks the recipient to wait until the coming Sunday, hopes by God's will to meet again, and asks for prayers in exchange for his own. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD. machine translation
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TM 86754.
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Transcription
ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ὑπομένειν
ϣⲁ ⲧⲉⲓⲕⲟⲩⲥⲛⲧⲉ ⲛκυριακή
ⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲧⲱϣ ⲛⲁϭⲛ
ⲛⲉⲛⲛⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ
ⲟⲛ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲛ ⲛἀγάπη ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲣⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
ⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲣⲱⲧⲛ καὶ γάρ Ἰησοῦς ⲧⲱϣ
ⲛⲁⲛ ⲛ… ϣⲁϫⲉ ⲙⲛ
ⲛⲉⲛⲛⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲟⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲛⲉϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲧⲛ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓTranslations (1)
Please, your charity, wait until the next(?) Sunday. If God ordains that we meet(?) each other again, and again pray for us, of your charity, so that God may bless you. For indeed Jesus ordains for us […] word with each other again, and again we will pray for you. Farewell.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86754 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;221 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86754 tier-1
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