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One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141041
Letter requesting copper money and wheat TM 141041Theben
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Fragmentary Coptic ostracon letter from the Theban area. The writer asks the recipient to bring a keration of good copper and an oipe of wheat, to come quickly, and urges his brother to make the effort to come.
In English machine translation
[…]
[…] … the potsherd (?)
… a keration of good copper and an oipe of light (?) wheat, and come out quickly, and take the … to … to gather (?). My brother, do not let your heart be troubled (?); trouble yourself to come at once (?).
The keration was a small coin unit; the oipe a dry measure of grain. Several phrases are obscure and the translation is tentative.
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.