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o.mon.epiph.267
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Fragmentary letter with instructions to deliver to Epiphanios. Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban area, written in the first half of the 7th century. The writer urges the recipient to act quickly, mentions someone who wants something (possibly wine), asks for help until the writer comes south, and gives instructions to deliver an item to Epiphanios. machine translation
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Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 86800.
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- Letter HGV-meta Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Coptic
· Coptic
Transcription
[…] ⲧⲁψυχή […]
[…] ⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ …[…]
[…] ⲛⲅσπουδάζειν […]
[…]ⲩϭⲉⲡⲏ ⲉⲩⲧⲙ[…]
[…] ⲟⲛ ⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ […]
[…]ⲟⲣⲉⲓ ⲁⲛ ⲱⲙ[…]
[…] ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ⲉϥⲟⲩⲉϣ ⲏⲣ[…]
[…] ⲁⲣⲓ ⲁⲡⲁⲧⲟⲟⲧⲕ ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥ…[…]
[…]ⲧⲟⲟⲧⲕ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲁⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲏⲥ …[…]
[…] ⲡⲱⲗϭ ⲛⲙⲙⲁϥ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ
[…] ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲛ[…] ……char […]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
[…] my soul […]
[…] beloved (?) […]
[…] you should make haste […]
[…] hurry, without (?) […]
[…] again, send […]
[…] not […]
[…] to me, that he wants wine (?) […]
[…] do me the favour of (?) [helping] him […]
[…] (?) until I come south […]
[…] settle with him. Farewell.
[…] give it to Epiphanios through […] […]
[…]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86800 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;267 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86800 tier-1
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