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o.mon.epiph.314
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Coptic letter about a consignment sent up to the mountain. Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monastic community of Epiphanius at Thebes, in which the writer reports what happened to a consignment, apparently of wheat, sent up to the mountain and the dispute over dividing or handling it. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD. machine translation
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TM 86847.
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Transcription
ⲧⲁⲣⲉⲕⲉⲓⲙⲉ ϫⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲕⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲛⲃⲱⲕ
ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉⲛⲛⲧⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲁⲓⲃⲱⲕ
ϫⲉ ⲉⲓⲛⲁⲡⲁϣⲟⲩ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲩ ϫⲉ
ⲟⲩ ⲁⲛⲕⲁⲁⲩ ϣⲁⲛⲧⲟⲩⲛ ⲛⲕⲏⲩⲉ ⲛⲧⲉⲣⲉⲛⲕⲁⲁⲩ ϣⲁ ⲡⲟⲟⲩ
ⲁⲩⲃⲱⲕ ϫⲉ ⲉⲩⲛⲁⲉⲓⲁⲁⲩ ⲡⲉϫⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ⲙⲁ[…]
… ⲉⲓⲁⲁⲩ ⲡ[…]
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
You should know that when you sent the wheat (?) in, we went up to the mountain. I went up so that I might divide them. They said, "Why? We have left them until we take the others." When we had left them until today, they went to measure (?) them. I said, "[…]
… measure (?) them […]
[…]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86847 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;314 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86847 tier-1
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