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o.sarga.105

Letter via HGV-meta

Letter requesting dispatch of goods by camel and reeds. A fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter from the monastic settlement at Wadi Sarga, AD 6th-8th century. The writer asks the recipient to send something by camel and, if possible, reeds. machine translation

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  • Letter HGV-meta Wadi Sarga (Antaipolites)VI - VIII

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

† ⲁⲡ[…] ⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲁ[…] ⲡⲥⲁ ⲛϣⲃⲛⲛⲉ […] ⲧⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲥⲟ ⲛϣⲟ[…] ⲛϭⲁⲙⲟⲩⲗ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲉⲡ…[…] ⲛⲥⲟⲟⲩⲧⲛ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲉⲕϣⲁⲛϭⲛⲧⲟⲩ ⲛⲕⲁⲙ ⲧⲛⲟⲟⲩ ⲥⲟⲩ ⲉⲩⲧⲏⲕ †

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
† Ap[…] writes to […] the vegetable-seller (?) […] send six thousand (?) […] camel(s) to us […] straight, and if you find them, reeds, send them rotted (?) †

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