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o.sarga.106
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Letter asking for wine and dates and urging the recipient to come. A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monastic settlement at Wadi Sarga, sending greetings and asking the recipient to send out wine, come and persuade some workers, and bring dates for them. The item is to be given to Apa Enoch through Apa Isaak, and the recipient is urged not to delay so that the men are not left idle. machine translation
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TM 87604.
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- Letter HGV-meta Wadi Sarga (Antaipolites)VI - VIII
Inscriptions (1)
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· Coptic
· Coptic
Transcription
† ϩⲁ ⲑⲏ μέν ⲛϩⲱⲃ ⲛⲓⲙ
ϯϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲣⲟⲕ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ϫⲟⲟⲩ ϩⲛ ⲕⲟⲩⲓ
ⲛⲏⲣⲡ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲉϣⲱⲥ ⲙⲙⲟⲛ
ⲁⲛϯ ⲧⲕⲟⲩⲓ ϩⲟⲧⲥ ⲥⲉⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲩ
ⲡⲉϫⲁϥ ϫⲉ ⲉⲛⲟⲩⲉϣ ϣⲟⲙⲧⲉ ⲙⲏⲛⲉ
ⲁⲙⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛⲕπείθειν ⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲁⲩⲱ
ϫⲓ ⲙⲁϫⲉ ⲥⲉⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲃⲉⲛⲉ ⲛⲁⲩ
ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲛⲱⲭ ϩⲓⲧⲛ ⲡⲁⲡⲁ
ⲓⲥⲁⲕ ⲡⲣϭⲱ ⲛⲁⲧⲉⲓ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ
ϫⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲩⲟⲩⲱⲥϥTranslations (1)
† Before all things,
I greet you. Please be so kind as to send out in a little wine (?) ... ; they cannot ... (?)
We gave the small ... (?) two ... for them.
He said: we want three days (?)
Come out and persuade them, and
take two mats (?) of dates for them.
Give it to Apa Enoch through Apa
Isaak. Do not delay to come out,
so that they do not become idle.
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 87604 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.sarga;;106 tier-1
- HGV-Text 87604 tier-1
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