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o.sarga.112
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Letter to a superior about purchases for building work. Fragmentary Coptic letter on an ostracon from Wadi Sarga, addressed to a monastic superior ('your fatherhood'). After greetings, the writer informs him about men and a need for something, apparently to be bought for building work. machine translation
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Linked by Trismegistos ID
TM 87610.
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- Letter HGV-meta Wadi Sarga (Antaipolites)VI - VIII
Inscriptions (1)
Inscription #1
· Coptic
· Coptic
Transcription
†
† ϩⲁⲑⲏ ⲙⲛ ⲡϣⲁϫⲉ
ⲧⲓἀσπάζεσθαι ⲛⲧⲉⲧⲙⲛⲓⲱⲧ […]
ⲧⲓⲧⲁⲙⲟ ⲧⲉⲧⲙⲛⲓⲱⲧ […]
ϩⲉⲛⲕⲉⲣⲱⲙⲉ ⲛⲁⲛ ⲙ[…]ⲧⲟⲕ ⲉϥⲟⲗ ϩⲛ ⲉϥϫⲱⲙ[…]
ϣⲁⲛⲉⲣχρεία ⲡϭⲟⲗⲉⲡ […]
ϫⲓⲛⲉⲧⲡⲉ ⲛϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲛ[…]
ⲉⲡⲕⲱⲧ ⲉⲙⲟⲛ ⲉⲓⲥ ⲡⲉⲱ[…]
[…] ⲙⲡⲉⲛϭⲉⲛ ⲑⲩ ⲕⲱⲧ[…]
[…]ⲥ ⲕⲉⲧⲁⲓⲟⲩ ⲛϥ[…] ⲙⲡⲣϭⲱⲡⲉ ⲛⲓ
[… ? lines lost …]Translations (1)
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† Before all things (?) and the word [...]
I greet your fatherhood [...]
I inform your fatherhood [...]
some other men for us [...] ... carrying (?) in ... [...]
we have need (?) of the ... [...]
from above (?) and buy them [...]
for the building, otherwise (?) behold the [...]
[...] we did not find ... building [...]
[...] other ... and he [...] do not neglect (?) ...
[... lines lost ...]
Cross-references (3)
- TM-Text 87610 primary
- DDbDP-Text o.sarga;;112 tier-1
- HGV-Text 87610 tier-1
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