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Letter from a sick man to a holy father asking for lampsane greens. A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from a sick man to a revered monastic 'father', asking for a few lampsane greens that he has been craving and asking for his prayers. It comes from western Thebes, probably the Monastery of Epiphanius area, in the first half of the 7th century AD. machine translation
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TM 86861.
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- Letter HGV-meta Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)1. Hälfte VII
Inscriptions (1)
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Transcription
[r]
ϯπροσκυνεῖν ⲁⲩⲱ ϯἀσπάζεσθαι ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ κατά ⲥⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲓⲙ
ϯπαρακαλεῖν ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ϫⲉⲕⲁⲥ ⲉⲕⲛⲁⲣ ⲡⲛⲁ ⲛⲙⲁⲓ ⲛⲟⲩⲕⲟⲩⲓ ϣⲏⲙ
ⲛλαμψάνη ⲙⲙⲟⲛ ⲛⲧⲁⲓἐπιθυμεῖν
[v]
ⲉⲣⲟϥ
ϫⲉ ⲉⲓϣⲱⲛⲉ
ϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ γάρ ϫⲉ
ⲡⲉⲕⲛⲁ ⲧⲁϩⲟ ⲛⲟⲩⲟⲛ
ⲛⲓⲙ ⲁⲛⲟⲕ ⲛϩⲟⲩⲟ
ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϣⲗⲏⲗ ⲉϫⲱⲛ
† ⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ
ⲡⲉ…ἐλάχιστος †Translations (1)
[recto]
I greet and salute your God-loving fatherhood, my honoured father, in every way.
I beseech your fatherhood to do me the kindness of a few lampsane (?) greens, for indeed I have desired
[verso]
them, because I am sick. For I know that your mercy reaches everyone, me above all. Farewell; pray for us.
† My beloved holy father,
[…] the least †
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 86861 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;328 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86861 tier-1
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