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o.sarga.103
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Letter asking that a brother go north and deliver to Apa Phoibammon. A short Coptic letter on a potsherd from the monastery at Wadi Sarga, written by a senior monk who signs himself "your father". He asks the recipient to take the sherd at once, have one of the brothers go north, and deliver something to Apa Phoibammon, with Apa Ioustos acting as intermediary. machine translation
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TM 87601.
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- Letter HGV-meta Wadi Sarga (Antaipolites)VI - VIII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Coptic
· Coptic
Transcription
ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲧⲉⲩⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲕⲁϫⲓ ⲧⲉⲓⲃⲗϫ
ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲟⲩⲁ ϩⲛ ⲛⲉⲥⲛⲏⲩ
ⲃⲱⲕ ⲉϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲃⲙⲟⲩⲧⲛ
ⲛⲉⲓⲁϭⲟⲟⲩⲣⲉ ⲙⲟⲛ ⲧⲉⲓχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲫⲟⲓⲃⲁⲙⲱⲛ
ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲁⲡⲁ ⲓⲟⲩⲥⲧⲉ
ⲡⲉⲃⲓⲱⲧ †Translations (1)
Do the kindness, at once, to take this sherd.
Let one of the brothers go north to [...] (?)
[...] of the ...; is it not this need? Give it to Apa Phoibammon.
Through Apa Ioustos.
Your father †
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 87601 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.sarga;;103 tier-1
- HGV-Text 87601 tier-1
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