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ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲛⲅⲃⲱⲕ ⲙⲁ ⲛⲡⲁⲥⲟⲛ ⲡϣⲁⲓ ⲁⲣⲏⲩ ⲕⲛⲁϭⲛ ⲟⲩⲕⲣⲁ ⲛⲱⲃ ⲛⲥⲱⲱϥ ⲛⲅⲛⲧϥ ⲛⲁⲓ ϫⲉ ⲙⲡⲓ[…]…ϣⲁ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141016
Letter asking Moses to fetch something from brother Pshai TM 141016Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes in which the writer asks a certain Moses to go to the place of his brother Pshai, find something there and bring it back. The end is damaged.
In English machine translation
Please, Moses, go
to the place of my brother Pshai(?).
Perhaps you will find a ... ... for him(?)
and bring it to me, for I did not [...] ...
The phrase rendered 'a ... for him' (ⲟⲩⲕⲣⲁ ⲛⲱⲃ ⲛⲥⲱⲱϥ) is obscure, so the object requested is uncertain. Pshai could also be read as part of a fuller name or as a common noun.
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.