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o.sarga.100
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Letter from Patermoute to his brother about errands in the church. A fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from Patermoute to his brother P[…], asking him, as an act of charity, to go into the church and the place of assembly to see to some objects (a beam, flax, a rope) and to send items, with greetings to a certain Kala[…]. It comes from the monastic settlement of Wadi Sarga, dating to the 6th-8th century AD. machine translation
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TM 87598.
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- Letter HGV-meta Wadi Sarga (Antaipolites)VI - VIII
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Transcription
ⲡⲁⲧⲏⲣⲙⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲡⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲡⲇ[…]
ⲛϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲡⲕⲛⲁ ⲧⲁϩⲟⲛ […]
ⲧⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲛἀγάπη ⲛⲅⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲡⲙⲁ ⲛϣⲱⲡⲉ […]
ⲛⲅⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ⲉⲧἐκκλησία ⲛⲅⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡⲉⲓϣⲟⲩϣⲧ […]
ⲥⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲙⲡⲙⲁ ⲛσυνάγειν ⲛⲅ…ⲩ ⲡⲉⲓϣⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲛⲗⲁⲥ
ⲛσίππιον ⲛⲁⲓ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲉⲓϣⲛⲉ […] ⲁϣⲉ ⲉϫⲛ[…]ⲏⲧ[…]
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲛⲅϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲧⲕⲁⲗⲁ[…]
ⲛⲁⲓ ϩⲓⲱⲱⲥ ⲙⲛ ⲡⲥⲓⲡⲉ […]
ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲁ[…]
ⲉϥⲡⲟⲧⲥ ⲃⲱⲕ ⲉ[…]
ⲉⲡⲉⲓⲕⲗⲉ ⲛⲃ[…]
ⲡϣⲱϥⲧ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲧ[…]
ⲁⲩⲱ ϫⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲧⲥⲉⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥ […]
ϭⲁϭⲉ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲡⲟⲩϣⲁⲡ † ⲥⲏⲡⲁⲧca… ⲣ[…]Translations (1)
Patermoute, who writes to my brother P[…]:
Greetings to you. And may your [charity?] reach […] the great love, and go into the dwelling place […] and go into the church and see this beam (?) […] beneath the place of assembly […] this third (?) of a tongue (?) of flax (?) for me, and this rope […] go up on […]
And greet Kala[…]
for me, and the jar (?) […]
And do the charity […]
pouring (?) go to […]
to this hook (?) of […]
the crooked one (?) for me […]
And send twelve […]
[…] for me in their measure (?). † Sepat[…] […]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 87598 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.sarga;;100 tier-1
- HGV-Text 87598 tier-1
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