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Letter asking for intervention over the testament of the priest Apa Victor. A fragmentary Coptic letter from western Thebes, written in the first half of the 7th century AD, in which the senders ask the recipients to urge the village headman Elisaios to have a certain Jacob produce a will. The will concerns the priest Apa Victor, and the senders want the truth established about what was signed while he was still alive. machine translation
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TM 86790.
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- Letter HGV-meta Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
Inscriptions (1)
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Transcription
[…] ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲧⲛϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧ […]ⲛ ⲧⲛπαρακαλεῖν δέ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛἀγάπη
ⲛⲁⲣ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲁⲁⲥ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛ[…]παρακαλεῖν ⲙⲡⲗⲁϣⲁⲛⲉ ⲉⲗⲓⲥⲁⲓⲟⲥ
[…]… ⲡⲁⲛⲁⲭⲱⲣⲉ ⲙⲛⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ ⲛⲉⲩⲇⲟⲝⲓⲁ
[…] ⲛϥⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲛϥⲧⲣⲉⲓⲁⲕⲱⲃ ⲛⲧδιαθήκη
[…]ⲧ ⲡπρεσβυτέρος ⲁⲡⲁ ⲃⲓⲕⲧⲱⲣ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲥⲉⲉⲓⲙⲉ ϫⲉ
[…]ⲥⲙⲛⲧⲥⲧⲉ ἔτι ⲉϥϩⲙ ⲡσῶμα ⲉⲁⲩὑπογράφειν
[…]ϥϭⲓϫ ⲛⲥⲉⲧⲁⲩⲟ ⲧⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲛⲧⲉⲡⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲕⲱ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ
ⲡⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ⲙⲟⲕϩ ⲉⲣⲟⲛ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡϥϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ
[…]ⲣϫ ⲛϥⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲧⲙⲉ ⲙⲡⲁⲧϥ[…]ⲏ ⲛⲧⲛⲣ ϣⲙⲙⲟ ⲉⲡ[…]
[…]ⲛⲉ ⲁϥϫⲓ ⲧⲉϥⲉ[…]
[…]ⲉⲓ ⲛϩⲓ[…]Translations (1)
[…] of everything. We greet your [fraternity?] […] We beseech your love: do us the kindness, for God's sake, [and] beseech the lashane Elisaios […] the anchorite and John (?), the glorious ones, […] that he go in and have Jacob [produce?] the testament […] the priest Apa Victor out (?), so that they may know that […] while he was still in the body, they had subscribed […] his hand, and that they may tell us the truth, so that our heart may be at rest. Our heart is grieved, because he did not seek after […] and know the truth before he […] and we become strangers to the […] […] he took his […] […] in […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86790 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;257 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86790 tier-1
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