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ⲧⲁⲙⲛⲧἐλάχιστος ⲉⲧⲥϩⲁⲓ ⲉⲓϣⲓⲛⲉ ⲉⲡⲁⲙⲉⲣⲓⲧ ⲛⲉⲓⲱⲧ πρεσβύτερος ⲁⲡⲁ ⲇⲁⲩⲉⲓⲇ ⲙⲛ ⲛⲉϥⲥⲛⲏⲩ ⲁⲣⲓ ⲧἀγάπη ϯⲥⲟⲟⲩⲛ ϫⲉ ⲕϣⲱⲛⲉ ϯ ϩⲓⲥⲉ ⲛⲁⲕ ⲛⲅⲉⲓ ⲉⲣⲏⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϭⲛⲧⲕ ⲙⲡⲓϩⲱⲃ ⲟⲩϫⲁⲓ ϩⲙ ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ
One text, 2 sources · Trismegistos-Text 141054
Letter to the priest Apa Dauid asking him to come south TM 141054Theben
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A short Coptic letter on an ostracon from the Theban region, in which the writer, calling himself 'my insignificance', greets the priest Apa Dauid and his brothers. Although he knows Dauid is ill, he asks him to make the effort to come south so they can meet about a matter.
In English machine translation
It is my insignificance (lit. my most-least-ness) who writes,
greeting my beloved father, the priest Apa Dauid, and his brothers. Do the kindness:
I know that you are ill.
Take the trouble to come
south, so that I may find you for this matter (?).
Farewell in
the Lord.
The phrase 'my insignificance' renders a humble self-designation formed from the Greek superlative elachistos, common in Theban monastic letters. The words translated 'so that I may find you for this matter' are of uncertain construction.
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.