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o.mon.epiph.342
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Letter from Pelosme to Apa Epiphanios about a deadline and a camel. A Coptic letter on an ostracon addressed to Apa Epiphanios, the monk of the Theban monastery, from his servant Pelosme. The writer acknowledges a letter and explains that a man has set him a deadline before the coming short fast; if the man does not arrive by Saturday or Sunday, he will send off his camel and report to Epiphanios. It dates to the first half of the 7th century AD, from western Thebes. machine translation
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TM 86875.
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- Letter HGV-meta Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)1. Hälfte VII
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Transcription
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ⲁⲓϫⲓ ⲛⲉⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧⲡⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ
ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲉⲧⲧⲁⲓⲏⲩ κατά
ⲥⲙⲟⲧ ⲛⲓⲙ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲣⲱⲙⲉ
ⲁϥϯ ⲧⲉπροθεσμία
ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲧνηστεία ϣⲏⲙ
ⲉⲧⲛⲏⲩ ϫⲉ ϣⲁϥⲉⲓ
ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉϥϣⲁⲛⲉⲓ
ⲉϥⲧⲙⲉⲓ ϣⲁ ⲡσάββατον ἢ ⲧκυριακή ⲉⲛⲉϣⲁⲓϯ
ⲡⲁⲕⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϣⲁⲓἀπολογίζεσθαι ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲛⲙⲛⲧⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲙ
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[v]
ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲙⲡⲁϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ ⲛⲣⲉϥϣⲙϣⲉ ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲡⲓⲫⲁⲛⲓⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲥⲁⲧ
…ⲩ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲡⲉⲗⲱⲥⲙⲉ ⲡⲉϥϩⲙϩⲁⲗ
ⲛⲁⲧϣⲁⲩ †Translations (1)
[recto]
I received the letter of your holiness, my father who is honored in every way. Behold, the man has given me the appointed term (?) for this little fast that is coming, saying that he will come in. If he comes, or if he does not come by the Sabbath or the Lord's day, I would send my camel off and render account to your fatherhood […]
[…]
[verso]
Farewell in the Lord.
Deliver it to my lord father, the God-worshipper Apa Epiphanios, from […] through Pelosme (?), his worthless servant. †
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- TM-Text 86875 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;342 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86875 tier-1
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