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o.sarga.99

Letter via HGV-meta

Letter from Apa Enoch to the steward Enoch. A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Apa Enoch to his brother Enoch, a steward, asking him as a kindness to let some little children do something. It comes from Wadi Sarga in the Antaiopolite district and dates to the 6th-8th century AD. machine translation

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

Inscriptions (1)

Inscription #1 · Coptic · Coptic

Transcription

† ⲁⲡⲁ ⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲉϥⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲛⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲛⲱⲭ ⲡοἰκονόμος ⲛⲛⲉⲥⲓⲏⲩ ϫⲉ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅⲕⲁ ⲛⲕⲟⲩⲓ ⲛϣⲏⲣⲉ ⲛ… ϩ… ⲛⲃⲁ…ⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲟⲩⲛ ca… ⲟⲩⲱⲛ

Translations (1)

EN AI · machine translation from the DDbDP edition (Claude Opus 5.5)
† Apa Enoch, writing to my brother Enoch, the steward (oikonomos) of the [...] (?): Do the kindness and let the little children of […] […] of […] in […] open (?)

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