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Letter from Victor telling a monastic father not to send a man. A short Coptic letter from Victor, sent through his son Jacob, to a revered monastic father. He reports that the matter for which a man was to be sent has already been settled locally, so the man need not be sent. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD, from the Theban area. machine translation
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TM 86758.
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- Letter HGV-meta Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
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Transcription
† ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ […]
ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲉⲓⲏⲩ […] ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲡⲉϥϣⲏⲣⲉ ϣⲟⲣⲡ μέν ϯπροσκυνεῖν ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϫⲉ ⲁⲕⲙⲟⲟϣⲉ ϩⲓⲧⲉ[…]
ϫⲉ ⲉⲕⲛⲁϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲧⲱϣ ⲧἀπόκρισις ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲏⲧⲉ
ⲁⲓⲧⲟϣⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲓⲙⲁ ⲙⲡⲣϫⲟⲟⲩϥ
† ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥTranslations (1)
† Give it to my God-loving […] who is honoured […] Victor, through Jacob his son.
First, I greet your fatherhood. I inform your fatherhood that you went by […] that you would send the man so that I might settle the answer. Behold,
I have settled it here; do not send him.
† Farewell in the Lord.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86758 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;225 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86758 tier-1
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