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o.sarga.90

Letter via HGV-meta

Request to give wine to Apa Andreas and see to iron fittings. A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the monastery at Wadi Sarga asking the recipient to give two phoroi and twelve lakon-measures of wine to Apa Andreas, and to see to some iron fittings. It dates to the 6th to 8th century AD. machine translation

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

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

† ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη … ⲛⲅⲧⲓ ⲥⲛⲧⲉ ⲙφόρος ⲙⲛ ⲙⲛⲧⲥⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥ ⲛⲗⲁⲕⲟⲛ ⲛⲉⲣⲡ ⲁⲥ ⲛⲡⲁⲡⲁ ⲁⲛⲇⲣⲉⲁⲥ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲁⲛⲁⲩ ⲉⲡϣⲟϣⲧ ⲛⲉⲡⲉⲛⲓⲡⲉ ⲙⲛ ⲧⲥⲛⲧⲉ ⲛⲁⲥⲫⲁ… ⲙⲡⲗⲁⲗⲉϩⲟⲓⲣ ⲛⲛⲁⲩ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
† Please be so kind (?) […] and give 2 phoroi (?) and 12 lakon-measures of wine to Apa Andreas. And look at the bolt (?) of the iron and the 2 […] of the (?) … at the time (?).

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