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ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ⲙⲱⲩⲥⲏⲥ ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲛⲁⲓ ταχύς ⲙⲛⲛⲥⲱⲥ ⲛⲅⲕⲱⲧⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲕ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ἡ ἅγια Τριάς
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141048
Letter asking Moses to come quickly TM 141048Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon asking a man named Moses to come quickly to the writer, after which he may go back. It closes with a farewell in the Lord and an invocation of the Holy Trinity, and comes from the Theban area.
In English machine translation
Please, Moses, come to me quickly.
Afterwards you shall return (home?).
Farewell in the Lord.
The Holy Trinity.
The phrase rendered "you shall return" (literally "turn yourself") may mean Moses can go back after the visit. The Greek words for "kindness" and "quickly" are mixed into the Coptic, a common feature of such notes.
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.