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o.mon.epiph.323

Letter via HGV-meta

Letter asking that one oipe be given to Zacharias of Koptos. A short Coptic letter, probably on an ostracon, asking a monastic superior ("your fatherhood") to give one oipe of a dry commodity to Zacharias of the Koptos district, the bearer, and to record it. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD and comes from the Theban west bank (Djeme). machine translation

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  • Letter HGV-meta Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)1. Hälfte VII

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

ⲍⲁⲭⲁⲣⲓⲁⲥ ⲡⲉⲣⲙⲡⲧⲟϣ ⲛⲕⲉⲃⲧ ⲁⲓⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩϥ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϯ ⲟⲩⲁⲓⲡⲉ ⲛⲟⲣⲁⲝ ⲛⲁϥ ϩⲛ ⲛⲟⲣⲁⲝ ⲉⲧϩⲓ ⲡⲕⲁϩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲥϩⲁⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲟⲧⲕ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ †

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
Zacharias, the man of the district of Koptos: I have sent him to your fatherhood. Give one oipe of lentils (?) to him from the lentils (?) that are on the ground, and write them to your account. Farewell. †

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