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o.mon.epiph.286
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Letter concerning money owed and the price of a book. A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban monastic milieu, mentioning a priest and a dispute over the price owed for something, apparently the writer's book. The writer threatens not to trust the recipients if payment is not received. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD. machine translation
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TM 86819.
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- Letter HGV-meta Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Coptic
· Coptic
Transcription
[…]ⲉπρεσβύτερος […]
ⲙⲡⲉϥ[…]ϥ… ϣⲁ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲛⲧⲁ…ϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲏⲧⲛ ϫⲉ ϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲛⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲉⲕϣⲁⲛϯ ϩⲙⲉ ⲛϣⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲥⲁⲩⲧⲛ ⲧⲕⲟⲩⲥⲉⲛⲧⲉ
ⲛκεράτιον ⲟⲩⲁⲣϩ ⲛⲁⲕ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲧⲉ ⲁⲣⲉⲧⲛϫⲟⲟⲥ ϫⲉ ⲛϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲟⲩⲁⲣϩ ⲉⲓⲥ
ϩⲏⲧⲉ ⲁⲉⲓⲧⲱϩ ϯⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲓϣⲁⲛ
ⲛⲧⲉⲙⲟⲛⲉ ϯⲛⲁⲛⲁⲩϩⲧ ⲁⲛ
ⲉϫⲱⲧⲛ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲙⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛϫⲓ ⲥⲟⲩⲉⲛ
ⲡⲁϫⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲙⲁⲧⲉⲧⲛϣⲏ ⲁϩⲣⲏⲟⲩ
…ⲱⲓTranslations (1)
[…] the priest […]
his […] until now. I (?) said to you, 'Say to him: If you give forty for these, (the price being) the kousente (?) of a keration, (it is) owed to you.' Now behold, you have said, 'The money is owed.' Behold, I have mixed (?) now. If
I do not get (it), I will not trust
you. If you do not take the price of
my book, do not … for them (?)
…
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86819 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;286 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86819 tier-1
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