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[r] ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγαπή ⲛⲅⲃⲱⲕ ⲙⲁ ⲛⲃⲉⲥⲛⲉⲧ ⲛⲅϫⲓ ⲧⲉⲕⲓϩⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲡ ⲛⲅⲛⲧⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲁⲥⲉⲛⲁⲩ ⲡⲉⲓϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲉⲙⲁⲧⲉ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ [v] ϫⲟⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲃⲉⲥⲛⲉⲧ ⲛⲅϫⲓ ⲧⲉⲕⲁⲗⲁϩⲧ ϣⲏⲙ ⲛⲅⲛⲧⲥ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲕⲛⲏⲩ ϫⲉ ⲧⲱⲓ ⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲣϭⲱ οὖν ⲛϣⲟⲩ ϫⲓⲧⲥ ϫⲉ ⲧⲉχρεία ⲧⲉ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141001
Letter asking for items to be fetched from a smith TM 141001Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon asking the recipient to go to a smith, collect some items, and bring them back because they are needed. It comes from the Theban region.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Do the kindness (agape) and go to the place of the smith and get the iron tool of horn (?) and bring it to me, so that I may see this book (?), because it is needed.
Very, very much farewell.
[verso]
Say to the smith that he should get the little pot (?) and bring it to me when you come, for it is mine. Do not therefore delay; bring it, because it is needed.
Several object words (ⲧⲉⲕⲓϩⲉ ⲛⲧⲁⲡ, ⲧⲉⲕⲁⲗⲁϩⲧ ϣⲏⲙ, ⲡⲉⲓϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ) are obscure and their translation is uncertain; ϫⲱⲱⲙⲉ normally means 'book' or 'document'. The Theban monastic ostraca of this group usually date to the 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.