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o.mon.epiph.222
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Letter to John asking for a man to carry a bed. A short Coptic letter on an ostracon addressed to a man named John. The writer asks him to send something on to his father Hamer, and to kindly send a man to carry a bed. It comes from the Theban region, first half of the 7th century AD. machine translation
The same text in other collections
Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 86755.
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- Letter HGV-meta Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Coptic
· Coptic
Transcription
[r]
† ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ
ϯϭⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲑⲉ ⲁⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲃⲱⲕ
ⲛⲧⲁⲕⲱ ⲡⲁⲏⲓ ϫⲉ ⲉⲛⲉⲩϫⲓⲟⲩⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲕⲛⲁϣ…
ⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲡⲁⲓⲱⲧ
ϩⲁⲙⲏⲣ ⲛϥⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲧ…
[… 1 line lost …]
ⲁϥϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ϯⲛⲁ
-ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲁⲕ
[v]
ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲣⲱⲙⲉ
ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛϥϥⲓ
ⲧϭⲗⲟϭⲉ
ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ
ⲕⲟⲩⲁϣⲥ
ⲙⲙⲟⲛTranslations (1)
[recto]
† Give it to John.
I greet (you). Not as when I went... ...(you) left (?) my house (?), so that they would not steal from me. If you can (?) ... send it in to my father Hamer, and he will send ... [...]
[...]
He said: I will give it to you.
[verso]
Do the kindness and send me a man, and let him carry the bed (?). If you wish (it), no.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86755 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;222 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86755 tier-1
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