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o.mon.epiph.227
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Letter asking a monastic father to come urgently. A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, probably from the Monastery of Epiphanius. The writer tells a monk addressed as 'your fatherhood' that he looked for him without finding him, and urgently asks him to get up and come at once because there is a need. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD. machine translation
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TM 86760.
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- Letter HGV-meta Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
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· Coptic
Transcription
[…]ⲉⲓⲇⲓⲟⲉ ⲉⲓⲉⲓⲟ
ⲛϩⲱ ⲁⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲱⲕ ⲙⲡⲉⲓϭⲛⲧⲕ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ
ⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛⲅⲧⲱⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲅⲧⲁϩⲟⲓ ⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩⲧⲛ
ϫⲉ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲉⲛⲁⲓⲣⲙⲟⲩⲁ
[…]ⲁⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲟⲩϣⲟϥⲧ ⲛⲕⲁⲣⲁϥ
[…]ⲟⲩϫⲟϥ ⲁⲩⲱ […]ⲩⲟⲩⲱϣ ⲛ[…]…[…]Translations (1)
[…] … I […]
I went looking for you but did not find you. Now let your fatherhood be willing to get up and come to me straight away, because it is a matter of need; otherwise I […]
[…] wishes (?) a … of … (?)
[…] … and […] wish […] … […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86760 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;227 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86760 tier-1
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