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o.mon.epiph.262
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Letter about coming north to secure a man's release. Fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, first half of the 7th century AD. The writer says he will hurry north to have a man released and will pay whatever the man owes in his affair, and asks the recipient to persuade him. machine translation
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TM 86795.
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- Letter HGV-meta Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Coptic
· Coptic
Transcription
[…]ⲁⲙⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲓ
[…]ⲏⲧ ἀλλά
[…] ϣⲁⲛⲧⲁⲉⲓ
ⲉⲛϩ[…] ⲛⲉⲙⲁϥ
ⲉⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲧⲱϣ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲱⲗⲕ
κἄν ⲁⲩϣⲓⲧ ⲛκελεύειν κἄν
ⲉⲓⲉⲝⲓⲗⲉ ϯⲛⲏⲩ ⲉⲛϩⲏⲧ ϩⲛ
ⲟⲩϭⲉⲡⲏ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲱⲗⲕ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ
ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲟⲛ ⲡⲉⲧϥⲛⲁⲧⲁϩⲟϥ
ϩⲁ ⲡⲉϥϩⲱⲃ ϯⲛⲁⲧⲁϥ
ⲛⲁϥ ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛⲉ ⲛϩⲏⲧ
ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη οὖν
ⲛⲅπείθειν
ⲙⲙⲟϥTranslations (1)
[…] me (?) to me
[…] but
[…] until I
[…] with him.
God has ordained that I should release (?) him.
Even if they ask for an order, even if
I am exiled (?), I am coming north in
haste so that I may release the man.
And again, whatever he will have to pay
for his matter, I will give it
to him when I come north.
Do the kindness, then,
and persuade
him.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86795 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;262 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86795 tier-1
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