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Request for a little wine for a poor sick brother TM 141020Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region asking a monastic superior, addressed as 'your fatherhood', to give a little wine to a poor sick brother. The writer promises that God will show mercy to the addressee in return.
In English machine translation
I beseech your fatherhood and the love of Jesus that is in you: do the charity of (giving) this poor sick brother a little wine. God will show you his mercy for his sake.
'Your fatherhood' is a respectful form of address for a monk or cleric, typical of letters from the Theban monastic communities. The last two lines ('with you, for him') are rendered loosely as God showing mercy to the addressee on the sick man's account.
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.