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Letter via HGV-meta

Letter asking for a courier to be sent with the camel drivers. A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon acknowledging receipt of the addressee's letters. It asks him to send his courier together with camel drivers as soon as this letter arrives. It comes from western Thebes in the first half of the 7th century AD. machine translation

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

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

ⲁⲓϫⲓ ⲛⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲕⲙⲛⲧⲥⲟⲛ […] ⲁⲓⲉⲓⲙⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲉⲧⲁⲕ[…]ⲙⲟ ϫⲓⲧⲟⲩ ⲟⲩⲱϣ οὖν ϯⲟⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲧⲕⲛⲁϫⲓ ϯἐπιστολή ⲧⲛⲛⲟⲩ ⲡⲉⲕσύμμαχος ⲛⲁⲓ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲕⲁⲙⲁⲩⲗⲉ … ⲁⲧⲛⲛⲟⲟⲩ …ⲡ ⲛⲁⲛ […] ἀλλά ⲁⲩⲣ…ⲛⲛⲟⲩ …ⲁⲓⲟ […]ⲥⲛⲁⲩ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
I have received the letters of your brotherhood […] I have understood them, and those that you […] take them. Now, the very hour that you receive this letter, send your symmachos (courier) to me with the camel drivers (?) […] […] send […] to us […] but […] […] […] two (?). Farewell.

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