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Widow's appeal to a superior about wheat owed to her late husband. Letter from a widow to a monastic or church superior asking for help recovering wheat that her late husband Pahai had lent, before the Persian invasion, to the priest Apa Shenetom and Sakau son of Jui. The debtors' heirs have paid nothing, and after a legal dispute each was to put his share in writing. It comes from western Thebes in the early 7th century. machine translation
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- Letter HGV-meta Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)1. Hälfte VII
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[…] ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧ[…] ⲁⲩⲱ ϯἀσπάζεσθαι ⲙⲡἴχνος ⲛⲟⲩⲏⲣⲏⲧⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲧⲉϩⲙϩⲁⲗ
ⲛχήρα ⲉⲧⲉϩⲗⲗⲱ ⲧⲉ ⲛⲡμακάριος ⲡⲉⲧⲣⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲗⲱⲥ ϩⲓ ⲧⲥⲟⲟⲩϩⲥ ⲙⲡⲧⲏⲛⲉ ϯⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ
ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲟⲕ ⲛⲧⲁⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲁⲕ ⲉⲧⲣⲉⲕϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲛⲥⲁ ⲡϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲛϩⲏⲕⲉ
ϩⲁⲑⲏ γάρ ⲙⲡⲁⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲉⲣⲥⲟⲥ ⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ⲁⲡμακάριος ⲡⲁϩⲁⲓ
ϯ ϩⲉⲛⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲁπρεσβύτερος ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ϣⲉⲛⲉⲧⲱⲙ ⲙⲛ ⲥⲁⲕⲁⲩ
ⲛϫⲟⲩⲓ ⲁⲩϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲕⲁⲉ ⲙⲡⲟⲩϯ ⲗⲁⲩⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲓⲱⲟⲩ ϣⲁ ⲧⲉⲛⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲏⲧⲉ ⲁⲓϯ ⲟⲩⲙⲏϣⲉ ⲛⲕⲟⲧ
ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ϫⲉ ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲉ ⲡⲙⲁ ⲙⲧⲟⲛ
ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛϯ ⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ κατά ⲣⲟⲙⲡⲉ ⲁⲩⲃⲱⲕ
ⲉⲡϩⲁⲡ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲩⲉⲣⲏⲩ ⲁⲥδοκεῖν ϫⲉ ϣⲁⲣⲉ ⲡⲟⲩⲁ
ⲡⲟⲩⲁ ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲉϥμέρος ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡ[…]
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[…] your [fatherhood?] […] and I greet the footprint of the feet of your God-loving fatherhood, my lord father. I am the servant (fem.), the widow who is the old woman of the blessed Petros, the boatman (?), at the cistern (?) of the cattle (?). I inform your fatherhood that it is you whom God has appointed to seek after the affairs of the poor.
For before the Persians came south, the blessed Pahai, my husband, gave some (loans of?) wheat to the priest Apa Shenetom and Sakau son of Jui. They died in the turmoil (?), and they have not given me anything of theirs until now. And behold, I have made many attempts with them, saying, 'Write to me concerning them until the place of rest, and give me a little each year.' They went to court with one another, and it was decided that each one should write for his share. Behold, the […]
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- TM-Text 86833 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;300 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86833 tier-1
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