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[r] ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲛⲅⲁⲁⲥ ⲉⲧⲃⲉ ⲡⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ κἄν ⲛλέντιον κἄν ⲧⲉϫⲛⲟⲩ ⲉⲕⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲙⲡⲉⲥⲟⲡ [v] ⲙⲛⲧⲉⲕⲣ ⲧἀπόκρισις ⲡⲁϩⲏⲧ ⲛⲁϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲁⲛⲓ ⲛλέντιον ⲛⲁⲓ ⲛⲧⲉⲩϩⲉ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141029
Letter requesting a linen cloth TM 141029Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from Thebes in which the writer urgently asks the recipient, for God's sake, to send or bring a linen cloth (lention). The writer says he will be distressed if no answer comes.
In English machine translation
[recto]
Do me the kindness, for God's sake, at least (?) the linen cloth, even if you must ask (?), you will bring (?) it to me this time.
[verso]
If you do not answer, my heart will be troubled. Bring the linen cloth to me in this way.
A lention is a linen towel or cloth, often part of monastic dress. Several phrases are grammatically difficult and their translation is uncertain.
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.