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ⲉϣⲱⲡⲉ ⲟⲩⲛⲧⲁⲕ λίτρα ⲉϥⲡⲁⲛⲉ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲁⲧⲏⲕ ⲧⲁⲁⲥ ⲛⲕⲩⲣⲓⲁⲕⲟⲥ ⲛϥⲛⲧⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁϣⲓⲧⲉ λίτρα ⲛϫⲟⲕ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 140975
Letter requesting a pound of material to be sent via Kyriakos TM 140975Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes. The writer asks the recipient, if he has a pound of some material on hand, to give it to Kyriakos to bring to the writer. It closes with a greeting in the Lord.
In English machine translation
If you have a pound (litra) (of fiber?) that is clean (?) with you, give it to Kyriakos so that he may bring it to me, so that I may ask (for) a pound of (thread?) ... Farewell in the Lord.
The material weighed in litrai is not named, and several words (ⲉϥⲡⲁⲛⲉ, ⲛⲧⲁϣⲓⲧⲉ, ⲛϫⲟⲕ) are obscure, so the translation of the middle is tentative. Such texts belong to the monastic correspondence of western Thebes, probably 7th-8th century AD.
Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.