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Letter about a starving man and a measure of wheat. Fragment of a Coptic letter from western Thebes, written in the first half of the 7th century AD. The writer describes a man and his wife starving, swears by God that the man had gone five days without food, and explains that he took a measure of wheat for him, appealing to the addressee's sense of justice. machine translation
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- Letter HGV-meta Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)1. Hälfte VII
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Transcription
[…]ⲏⲧϥ
ϫⲉⲛⲧⲁϥϫⲓ ϩⲁⲡ
ⲛⲉ ϩⲁ ⲛσκευή ⲉⲧⲛⲙⲱ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲁⲩⲛ ⲁⲓⲛⲱ ⲉⲣⲟϥ ⲉϥⲙⲁⲩⲧ ϩⲁ ⲡⲉϩⲕⲟ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲉϥⲥⲓⲙⲉ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲥⲁⲩⲛ ϫⲉ
ⲁϥⲱⲣⲕⲉ ϫⲉ ⲁϥϯⲟⲩ ⲛϩⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲁ ⲡⲉϩⲕⲟ ⲛⲧⲁⲓϫⲓ ⲧⲁⲓⲡⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲩⲟ ⲛⲁϥ
ⲉⲛⲧⲉⲩ πλήν ⲕⲥⲁⲩⲛ ⲛⲡδίκαιον παρά ⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲓⲙTranslations (1)
[…] him,
that he received a judgment (?) concerning the vessels that are with us. And God knows, I saw him dying of hunger, he and his wife. And God knows that he swore that he had spent 5 days in hunger. I took this measure (taipe) of wheat for him […]. But you know what is just, beyond every man.
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- TM-Text 86877 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.mon.epiph;;344 tier-1
- HGV-Text 86877 tier-1
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