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o.mon.epiph.289
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Letter requesting payment of coppers owed for a solidus. A Coptic ostracon letter asking a fellow monk, addressed as 'your brotherliness', to settle a long-neglected matter of a solidus by handing all the copper coins to Iohannes so that a man can collect them. It comes from the monastic community of Epiphanius at Thebes, first half of the 7th century AD. machine translation
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TM 86822.
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- Letter HGV-meta Theben (Ägypten)1. Hälfte VII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Coptic
· Coptic
Transcription
ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲛⲁ
ⲕⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ
ⲁⲛπαρακαλεῖν
ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲥⲟⲛ
ϩⲁ ⲡὁλοκόττινος ⲛⲉⲛⲉⲛⲁⲁⲩ ⲁⲕἀμελεῖν ϣⲁ
ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲡⲛⲁ ϯ
ⲛϩⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ⲛⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲏⲥ
ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲉⲓ ⲛϥϩⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲩⲥⲃⲧⲱⲧ μήποτε ⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲥⲟⲛ ⲧⲱϩ[…]
ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲉⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲓⲱϩⲁⲛⲏⲥ ϩⲓⲧⲛ […]
ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩTranslations (1)
Be so kind, you know that we entreated your brotherliness concerning the solidus of our (?) [...]; you have neglected it until now. Be so kind as to give all the coppers to Iohannes, so that the man may come and find them ready, lest the brother [...] (?) [...].
(Address:) Give it to our [brother Ioha]nnes, through [...] the brethren (?).
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86822 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;289 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86822 tier-1
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