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o.mon.epiph.324
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Letter mentioning a request to the Persians for permission to travel south. Fragment of a Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Monastery of Epiphanius area in western Thebes, first half of the 7th century. The writer reports that, after his appeal, someone wrote on his behalf to the Persians so that he might be allowed to travel south and fetch wheat, and he appeals to God and the addressee's prayers. machine translation
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TM 86857.
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- Letter HGV-meta Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)1. Hälfte VII
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Transcription
ⲁⲓπαρακαλεῖν ⲙⲙⲟϥ
ⲁϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲁΠέρσης
ⲉⲧϩⲛⲛⲏ ⲉⲧⲣⲉϥⲕⲁⲁⲧ
ⲛⲧⲁⲃⲱⲕ ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲁⲉⲙ ⲡϣⲱϥⲧ ⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ
ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉⲕϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲛⲁⲥⲟⲟϣⲧTranslations (1)
I besought him; he wrote for me to the Persians who are in […] that he (they?) should let me go south and fetch the […] wheat (?). If God and your prayers […] […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86857 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;324 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86857 tier-1
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